Rosliston

Rosliston

St Mary's Church, Rosliston
Rosliston
 Rosliston shown within Derbyshire
Population 642 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK242167
DistrictSouth Derbyshire
Shire countyDerbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SWADLINCOTE
Postcode district DE12
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire

Coordinates: 52°44′53″N 1°38′31″W / 52.748°N 1.642°W / 52.748; -1.642

Rosliston is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England close to the county boundaries of Leicestershire and Staffordshire.[1][2] The civil parish popukation at the 2011 Census was 642.[3]

Location

It is within The National Forest and just outside the village is the Rosliston Forestry Centre. The two village pubs are called "The Bulls Head " and "The Plough Inn".

History

The manor belonged to Earl Algar, son of Earl Leofric and Countess (Lady) Godiva. In the Domesday Book the manor was called Redlauseton[4] after it was taken by William the Conqueror,[5] and it included a church and a mill.[6] During World War II a prisoner of war camp was built near to the village to hold German and Italian prisoners. After the end of the war the camp was used to accommodate Polish servicemen.

Features

Rosliston is about 1 mi (1.6 km) long and 12 mi (0.80 km) wide. The main features are St. Mary's Church, Rosliston Forestry Centre, the two pubs (The Bull's Head and The Plough), Co-Op and Beehive woodland lakes.

The Forestry centre is sustainable that provides lots of facilities to help the environment. For example: Bins - to collect litter so it does not go onto the ground. Footpaths- To stop the public from eroding the naturally-made paths of Rosliston. These footpaths are clearly marked off so that visitors know where it is safe to walk.[7]

Education

Rosliston Primary School is a Church of England school located in the heart of the village. It is divided into Reception, Infants, Lower Juniors, and Upper Juniors.

Notable residents

Gallery

  1. ^ Image from Wikimedia Commons June 2007

References

  1. OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 24028 2
  2. Map Details retrieved 11 April 2013
  3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. Derbyshire UK site
  5. William took a modest number of manors in Derbyshire for himself including Bakewell, Weston-on-Trent and Walton-on-Trent
  6. Domesday Book Online
  7. Rosliston Forestry Centre, retrieved 5 June 2014
  8. Ann Moore in the Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain
  9. Sutton, D. 1998, Rosliston Remembered, Beehive Publications, Rosliston. Page 37. ISBN 0-9534325-0-5

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rosliston.

See also

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