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Shirland
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Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the civil parish of Shirland and Higham, which had a population of 4,802 at the 2011 Census. The River Amber flows through the parish.
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Place details
- Locality
- North East Derbyshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,447
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Shirland church 230348 dafc381b.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Leonards Church
- UK place.map_type
- Derbyshire
- UK place.official_name
- Shirland
- UK place.civil_parish
- Shirland and Higham
- UK place.population
- 4,802
- UK place.population_ref
- (Including Stonebroom. 2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- North East Derbyshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.post_town
- ALFRETON
- UK place.postcode_district
- DE55
- UK place.postcode_area
- DE
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK394583
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Shirland and Higham
- Image
- Shirland church 230348 dafc381b.jpg
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- Shirland
- OS grid reference
- SK394583
- postal code
- DE55
- P8168
- list of physicists
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Church
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the civil parish of Shirland and Higham, which had a population of 4,802 at the 2011 Census. The River Amber flows through the parish.
==History== Shirland is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Sirelunt in the hundred of Scarsdale. According to this ancient document the manor was given to William Peverel after the Norman Conquest. Peveral inherited many manors around Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire including Nottingham Castle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shirland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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