Horsley

Other current and historical names

Hosselei
Woodhouse
Horsley Woodhouse

Built-Up Area: Horsley
Parish/Community: Horsley
District/Borough: Amber Valley
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°59'45"N 1°26'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 437794, 344459
OS Grid: SK377444
Mapcode Local: GBR 6D4.359
Mapcode Global: WHDGF.WY7H

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

Horsley in historic gazetteers

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

Horsley.-- par. and township, S. Derbyshire, 2½ miles SE. of Belper - par. 2850 ac., pop. 2756; township, 1296 ac., pop. 383.

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

Horsley Woodhouse, township, Horsley par., S. Derbyshire, 3 m. SE. of Belper, 627 ac., pop. 906; P.O.

Horsley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorger of Horsley
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Buron
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Buron
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Horsley, Derbyshire

Horsley is a village in Derbyshire

Horsley in historic gazetteers

Horsley in the Domesday Book