Yeaveley

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Coordinates: 52°57′36″N 1°43′26″W / 52.960°N 1.724°W / 52.960; -1.724
Yeaveley

The red brick Holy Trinity church
Yeaveley

 Yeaveley shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK186403
District Derbyshire Dales
Shire county Derbyshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Dialling code 01335
Police Derbyshire
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Ambulance East Midlands
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Yeaveley is a small village near Rodsley and 4 miles 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]

Notable residents

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

John Jackson Oakden, pioneer pastoralist and explorer of South Australia was born here 1818.

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

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