Yeaveley

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The red brick Holy Trinity church
The red brick Holy Trinity church

Yeaveley is a small village near Rodsley and south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire.

The village has no school but does have a public house and the Holy Trinity Church. During the reign of Richard I, Ralph Foun gave a hermitage at Yeaveley with lands, waters, woods, mills, and other appurtenances to the Knights Hospitallers.[1]

[edit] Notable residents

Henry Yevele, medieval architect of Westminster Abbey nave was born here c. 1320[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 'House of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Yeaveley and Barrow', A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 75-77. url. Date accessed: 21 April 2008.
  2. ^ Derbyshireuk

Coordinates: 52°57′N 1°43′W / 52.95, -1.717