Osleston

Osleston
The remains of the medieval village of Osleton
Osleston is located in Derbyshire
Osleston
Osleston
Location within Derbyshire
Population267 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK248371
Civil parish
  • Osleston and Thurvaston
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townASHBOURNE
Postcode districtDE6
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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UK
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Derbyshire
52°55′52″N 1°37′55″W / 52.931°N 1.632°W / 52.931; -1.632

Osleston is a hamlet which together with Thurvaston makes up the parish of Osleston and Thurvaston. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 267.[1] It is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north west of Derby.

In 1848, Osleston, (with Thurvaston), was a place, in the parish of Sutton-on-the-Hill It was recorded as having 1,588 acres (6.43 km2), 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.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ^ '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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