Windley is a small village in Derbyshire around 6 miles (10 km) north of Derby, England, adjacent to the B5023 Duffield to Wirksworth road. The civil parish population as taken at the 2011 Census was 148.[1]
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![]() Tomb of Sir Roger Mynors and his lady in Duffield Parish Church. | |
![]() ![]() Windley Location within Derbyshire | |
Population | 148 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SK305451 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BELPER |
Postcode district | DE56 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
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It was formerly part of the parish of Duffield within Duffield Frith.
During the reign of Henry III the Mynors, of the manor of Windle-hill in Sutton-on-the-Hill, Ashbourne also had lands in Windley.[2]
Sir Roger Mynor was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1514, Sergeant of the King's Cellar, an official of Duffield Frith under the Duchy of Lancaster and a Commissioner of Peace for the County of Derby. He, with his lady, has a magnificent table-tomb in St. Alkmunds Church, Duffield.
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