Cubley, Derbyshire
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 St Andrews Church, from the south. |
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| OS grid reference | SK160382 |
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| District | Derbyshire Dales |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ASHBOURNE |
| Postcode district | DE6 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Coordinates: 52°56′28″N 1°45′47″W / 52.941°N 1.763°W
Cubley is a parish of two closely linked villages six miles (10 km) south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. St Andrews Church is in Cubley parish. Great Cubley and Little Cubley are known collectively as Cubley. The church lies roughly equidistant from the two, but is technically in Great Cubley.
History
The village pump, dated 1902, in Great Cubley
Cubley is mentioned in the Domesday book where it is spelt Cobelei. The book says[1] under the title of "The lands of Henry de Ferrers":[2]
"In Cubley Siward had two carucates of land to the geld. There is land for two ploughs. There are now two ploughs in demesne and four villans and four bordars and one slave having one plough. There is a priest and a church and one mill rendering 12 pence and eight acres of meadow and woodland pasture one league long and one league broad. TRE[3] worth 100 shillings now 40 shillings. Ralph holds it."
Notable people
- John Flower, a theologian, was born here in the seventeenth century.
- Michael Johnson, the father of Samuel Johnson (author of the first English dictionary), was born here.[4]
References
- ↑ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.747
- ↑ Henry held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the King. These included obviously Cubley, but also lands in Brailsford, Dalbury and Twyford.
- ↑ TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.
- ↑ Hitchings, Henry (2005). Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The extraordinary story of the book that defined the World. John Murray. p. 7. ISBN 978-0719566325.