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Windley

Windley
Duffield church Mynors tomb.jpg
Tomb of Sir Roger Mynors and his lady in Duffield Parish Church.
Windley is located in Derbyshire
Windley
Windley
Windley shown within Derbyshire
Population 148 (2011)
OS grid reference SK305451
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BELPER
Postcode district DE56
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°00′11″N 1°32′46″W / 53.003°N 1.546°W / 53.003; -1.546Coordinates: 53°00′11″N 1°32′46″W / 53.003°N 1.546°W / 53.003; -1.546

Windley is a small village in Derbyshire around 6 miles (10 km) north of Derby, England, adjacent to the B5023 Duffield to Wirksworth road. The civil parish population as taken at the 2011 Census was 148.

It was formerly part of the parish of Duffield within Duffield Frith.

During the reign of Henry III the Mynors, of the manor of Windle-hill in Sutton-on-the-Hill, Ashbourne also had lands in Windley.

Sir Roger Mynor was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1514, Sergeant of the King's Cellar, an official of Duffield Frith under the Duchy of Lancaster and a Commissioner of Peace for the County of Derby. He, with his lady, has a magnificent table-tomb in St. Alkmunds Church, Duffield.



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