Breaston
Sign in to saveBreaston ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Erewash district, in the south-east of Derbyshire and lies approximately east of the city of Derby and west of the city of Nottingham. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 4,455. The settlement name Breaston means 'Braegd's farm/settlement': (Old English) for a personal name and 'tūn' (Old English) for either an enclosure, farmstead, village, etc.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Breaston
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Breaston Village Green.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Duffield Close, Breaston
- UK place.civil_parish
- Breaston
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.shire_district
- Erewash
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 3.1100529
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 8.055
- UK place.population
- 4,455
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Erewash
- Population
- +4455
- Shares border with
- Long Eaton
- Image
- Breaston Village in Derbyshire.jpg
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Breaston ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Erewash district, in the south-east of Derbyshire and lies approximately east of the city of Derby and west of the city of Nottingham. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 4,455. The settlement name Breaston means 'Braegd's farm/settlement': (Old English) for a personal name and 'tūn' (Old English) for either an enclosure, farmstead, village, etc.
==History== left|thumb|245px|St Michael's Church Mentioned in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086, Breaston was a settlement in the Hundred of Morleystone wapentake and the county of Derbyshire. It had an estimated population of 15.8 households in 1086. At the time it was mentioned as belonging to Henry de Ferrers (Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including land in Swarkestone, Markeaton, Sinfin and Cowley) and being worth four shillings. The village Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building. Structural parts of the interior, for example "double-chamfered pointed arches on octagonal piers" appear to be of 11th century in origin. The village of Breaston is clearly visible on the 1648 map of Derbyshire, produced (in Latin) by the Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu, written as "Braston".