Shirley

Other current and historical names

Sirelei
Sireleie

Parish/Community: Shirley
District/Borough: Derbyshire Dales
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°58'11"N 1°40'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 421932, 341436
OS Grid: SK219414
Mapcode Local: GBR 5BP.WXL
Mapcode Global: WHCFD.7MP4

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

Shirley in historic gazetteers

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

Shirley.-- par., township, and vil., Derbyshire, 4 miles SE. of Ashborne - par., 3028 ac., pop. 469; township, 1634 ac., pop. 243.

Shirley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ketil of Edensor; Algar; Wulfmer of Foston; Thorgisl; Wulfgeat of Alkmonton; Leofsi of Hollington; Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 7 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Shirley, Derbyshire

Shirley is a village in Derbyshire

Shirley in historic gazetteers

Shirley in the Domesday Book