OS grid reference SK218415 Post town ASHBOURNE Local time Saturday 9:55 PM | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district DE6 | |
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Shirley is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, close to the town of Ashbourne. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 270. It is situated in the countryside on top of a small hill.
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Map of Shirley, UK
History
Shirley was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and being worth forty shillings.
In the nineteenth century St Michael's Church, Shirley was led by the Rev. Charles Francis Powys who had a number of literary children.
Rev. Charles Francis Powys was the great nephew of Thomas Powys, created the first Lord Lilford in 1797, and the Powys' were also cousins of the Shirley family who held the living of the parish of Shirley in Derbyshire and were direct descendants of Earl Ferrers, the first Sheriff of the County.