Smisby
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Smisby is an ancient manor, civil parish and small village in South Derbyshire, England. It is from Melbourne and near the Leicestershire border and the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The village including the outlying farms and houses has a population just over 200 that occupies some 110 properties. The population at the 2011 Census had increased to 260.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
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- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Smisby's church of St. James. The church was originally dedicated to Saint Wystan of Repton and is mentioned in a charter of 1271.
- UK place.official_name
- Smisby
- UK place.map_type
- Derbyshire
- UK place.population
- 270
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Smisby
- UK place.shire_district
- South Derbyshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Derbyshire
- UK place.post_town
- ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE65
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01530
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK3419
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 270
- Image
- Main Street in Smisby, south Derbyshire - geograph.org.uk - 816198.jpg
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- Smisby
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Smisby is an ancient manor, civil parish and small village in South Derbyshire, England. It is from Melbourne and near the Leicestershire border and the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The village including the outlying farms and houses has a population just over 200 that occupies some 110 properties. The population at the 2011 Census had increased to 260.
==Early history== Smisby (Old Norse ''Smith's farm or settlement) is mentioned as Smidesbi'' in 1086 in the Domesday Book, which states under the title of "The lands of Nigel of Stafford":
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