Yeaveley | |
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The red brick Holy Trinity church |
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Yeaveley shown within Derbyshire | |
OS grid reference | SK186403 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ASHBOURNE |
Postcode district | DE6 |
Dialling code | 01335 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Yeaveley is a small village and civil parish near Rodsley and 4 miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish (including Rodsley) as at the 2011 census was 396.
The village has no school but does have a public house and the Holy Trinity Church. During the reign of Richard I, Ralph Foun gave a hermitage at Yeaveley with lands, waters, woods, mills, and other appurtenances to the Knights Hospitallers.
Henry Yevele, medieval architect of Westminster Abbey nave was born here c. 1320
John Jackson Oakden, pioneer pastoralist and explorer of South Australia was born here 1818.