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Breaston

Breaston
Breaston Village Green.jpg
The village of Breaston.
Derbyshire UK parish map highlighting Breaston.svg
Breaston parish highlighted within Derbyshire
Population 4,455 (2011)
OS grid reference SK462336
Civil parish
  • Breaston
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DERBY
Postcode district DE72
Dialling code 01332
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire

Coordinates: 52°53′53″N 1°18′50″W / 52.898°N 1.314°W / 52.898; -1.314

Breaston (Listeni/ˈbrstən/ BREE-stən) is a large village and civil parish in the south-east of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England near Long Eaton and close to the M1. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 4,455.

Breaston was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and being worth four shillings.


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