Holmesfield
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Holmesfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 971. The name "Holmesfield" means "raised pasture-land" and is of Norse and Anglo-Saxon origin. Viking influences are also evident with many road names suffixed by "gate", the old Norse word for "way".
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Place details
- Locality
- North East Derbyshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 753
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Pub and church, Holmesfield - 275826.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Holmesfield parish church and The Angel public house
- UK place.map_type
- Derbyshire
- UK place.official_name
- Holmesfield
- UK place.population
- 971
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- North East Derbyshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North East Derbyshire
- UK place.post_town
- DRONFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- S18
- UK place.postcode_area
- S
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK322776
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable residents
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Holmesfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 971. The name "Holmesfield" means "raised pasture-land" and is of Norse and Anglo-Saxon origin. Viking influences are also evident with many road names suffixed by "gate", the old Norse word for "way".
==History== Holmesfield is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as one of the manors belonging to Walter D'Aincourt.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holmesfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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