Doveridge

Other current and historical names

Dovebridge
Dove Bridge
Dowbridge
Dubrige

Built-Up Area: Doveridge
Parish/Community: Doveridge
District/Borough: Derbyshire Dales
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°54'15"N 1°49'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 411904, 334099
OS Grid: SK119340
Mapcode Local: GBR 49Y.TTB
Mapcode Global: WHCFP.Y8CD

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Doveridge within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Doveridge in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Doveridge (or Dovebridge), par. and vil., N. Derbyshire, 1½ mile NE. of Uttoxeter, 4377 ac., pop. 696; P.O.; contains Doveridge House.

Doveridge in the Domesday Book

A village in Appletree hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 10 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 48 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Doveridge, Derbyshire

Doveridge is a village in Derbyshire

Doveridge in historic gazetteers

Doveridge in the Domesday Book