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Sudbury, Derbyshire

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Population
  
976

Region
  
East Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Thursday 4:49 PM

District
  
Derbyshire Dales

OS grid reference
  
SK161320

Country
  
England

Post town
  
ASHBOURNE

Shire county
  
Derbyshire

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Weather
  
19°C, Wind S at 19 km/h, 58% Humidity

Sudbury is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, located directly in Ashbourne. It is part of the Derbyshire Dales district. Population deails taken at the 2001 Census were 976, increasing to 1,010 at the 2011 Census. The £0.5m A50 bypass opened in 1972. The parish includes the hamlets of Aston, Aston Heath and Oaks Green.

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Map of Sudbury, UK

Sudbury Hall and HM Prison Sudbury are located here.

History

Sudbury was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and was worth twenty shillings.

Sudbury previously had its own railway station that is now closed.

Famous residents

  • Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, was born here
  • William Harcourt founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was born here in 1789.
  • George John Warren Vernon, M.P. and Dante enthusiast was born here in 1803

    • References

    Sudbury, Derbyshire Wikipedia
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