Duckmanton
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 Duckmanton Workshops. |
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| Duckmanton shown within Derbyshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK448718 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTERFIELD |
| Postcode district | S44 5xx |
| Dialling code | 01246 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
Duckmanton is a village within the civil parish of Sutton-cum-Duckmanton, in North East Derbyshire, between Bolsover and Chesterfield. Duckmanton is a long scattered village, running north and south, usually designated Long, Middle and Far Duckmanton, of which Middle Duckmanton is 4 miles (6.4 km) east from Chesterfield and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west from Bolsover.
In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Duckmantian' derives its name from the study of geological exposures in a railway cutting at Duckmanton.
Duckmanton is recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book under the land of Ralph Fitzhubert.
In Duckmanton Leofnoth had four of land and two to the geld with land for five ploughs. There are eighteen paying tenants with five ploughs. There are eight acres of meadow and woodland pasture one league long by one league wide. TRE worth about four pounds now nineteen shillings. Geoffrey holds it.
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