Yeldersley

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Yeldersley
Yeldersley (Derbyshire)
Yeldersley

Yeldersley shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK213436
District Derbyshire Dales
Shire county Derbyshire
Region East Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
European Parliament East Midlands
List of places: UKEnglandDerbyshire

Coordinates: 52°59′24″N 1°41′02″W / 52.99, -1.684

Yeldersley is a manor mentioned in the Domesday book[1]. It is located near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Today there is Yeldersley Hall. This hamlet had apopulation of 200 in 1831. It is about five kilometers south of Ashbourne.[2]

[edit] Notable Residents

Catherine Pegge was born here in the seventeenth century.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ [www.domesdaybook.co.uk/derbyshire3.html Domesday on line] accessed 19 October 2007
  2. ^ A Topographical Dictionary of England: By Samuel Lewis 1831 accessed 19 October 2007
  3. ^ Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century By John Nichols 1812