Sudbury, Derbyshire

Sudbury
Sudbury Village Store.
Sudbury Location within Derbyshire
Population	976 [1]
OS grid reference	SK161320
District	Derbyshire Dales
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ASHBOURNE
Postcode district	DE6
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°53′10″N 1°45′43″W / 52.886°N 1.762°W / 52.886; -1.762

Sudbury is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, located about 9 miles (14 km) south of Ashbourne. It is part of the Derbyshire Dales district. The population as recorded at the 2001 Census was 976, increasing to 1,010 at the 2011 Census.^[2] The £0.5m A50 bypass opened in 1972. The parish includes the hamlets of Aston, Aston Heath, Dalebrook and Oaks Green.

Sudbury Hall and HM Prison Sudbury are located here.

Sudbury was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and was worth twenty shillings.^[3]

Sudbury previously had its own railway station that is now closed.

• Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, was born here
• William Harcourt founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was born here in 1789.^[4]
• George John Warren Vernon, M.P. and Dante enthusiast was born here in 1803

• Listed buildings in Sudbury, Derbyshire

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