Duckmanton
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Coordinates: 53°14′31″N 1°19′44″W / 53.242°N 1.329°W
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| OS grid reference | SK448718 |
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| District | North East Derbyshire |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTERFIELD |
| Postcode district | S44 5xx |
| Dialling code | 01246 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Duckmanton is a village within the civil parish of Sutton-cum-Duckmanton, in North East Derbyshire, between Bolsover and Chesterfield.
History
Duckmanton is recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book under the land of Ralph Fitzhubert.[1]
In Duckmanton Leofnoth had four carucates of land and two bovates to the geld with land for five ploughs. There are eighteen paying tenants with five ploughs. There are eight acres of meadow and woodland pasture one league long by one league wide. TRE[2] worth about four pounds now nineteen shillings. Geoffrey holds it.[3]
References
- ↑ Ralph Fitzhubert had a number of manors in Derbyshire including Crich, Palterton, Stoney Middleton, Boulton and Ashover.
- ↑ Tempore Regis Edward i.e. in the time of King Edward before the Norman Conquest in 1066
- ↑ Domesday Book, a complete translation, Ann Williams and GH Martin (Eds), p751, ISBN 0-14-051535-6, 2002
See also
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