Sudbury, Derbyshire

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Sudbury
Sudbury Village Store.
Sudbury shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK161320
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: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 52°53′10″N 1°45′43″W / 52.886, -1.762

Sudbury is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, located approximately 11 miles to the south of Ashbourne. It is part of the Derbyshire Dales district. The £0.5m A50 bypass opened in 1972.

Sudbury Hall and HM Prison Sudbury are located here.

Population - 643 (1991 Census)

[edit] History

Sudbury was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and was worth twenty shillings^[1].

[edit] Famous Residents

• Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, was born here
• William Harcourt founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was born here in 1789^[2].
• George John Warren Vernon, M.P. and Dante enthusiast was born here in 1803

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