Osleston

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Osleston


The remains of the medieval village of Osleton
Osleston (Derbyshire)
Osleston

Osleston shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK248371
District South Derbyshire
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: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 52°55′52″N 1°37′55″W / 52.931, -1.632

Osleston is a hamlet which together with Thurvaston makes up the parish of Osleston and Thurvaston. It is 7.5 miles north west of Derby.

In 1848, Osleston, (with Thurvaston), was a place, in the parish of Sutton-on-the-Hill It was recoreded as having 1588 acres, of which 842 are in Orleston hamlet, and 746 in that of Thurvaston; in each is a small rural village, and the township also includes the scattered village of Cropper, where the Primitive Methodists have a place of worship.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 'Osleston - Otley', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 486-491. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51196. Date accessed: 23 February 2008.
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