Boylestone

{{Short description|Village in Derbyshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image_name =St. John the Baptist, Boylestone Church - geograph.org.uk - 119172.jpg |static_image_caption= St John the Baptist's Church, Boylestone |static_image_2 = Derbyshire UK parish map highlighting Boylestone.svg |static_image_2_width = 240px |static_image_2_caption = Boylestone parish highlighted within Derbyshire |official_name = Boylestone |population = 318 |population_ref = (2011) |shire_district = Derbyshire Dales | shire_county = Derbyshire |region = East Midlands |constituency_westminster = |post_town =ASHBOURNE |postcode_district = DE6 |postcode_area =DE |dial_code = |os_grid_reference = SK182359 }} '''Boylestone''' is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 318.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120995&c=Boylestone&d=16&e=62&g=6413759&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458483947591&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=20 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> The village is eight miles east of Uttoxeter. The parish includes '''Boylestonfield'''.

The village church is 14th century with a tower added in 1844 by Henry Duesbury.<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. ''The Buildings of England:Derbyshire''. pp 102-103. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.</ref><ref>[http://www.derbyshireuk.net/boylestone.html Boylestone at Derbyshireuk.net] accessed 19 December 2007</ref>

The cartoonist Bill Tidy lived in the village.

==History== Boylestone was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers<ref name="and">Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Doveridge, Aston-on-Trent, Hartshorne and Cowley.</ref> and being worth thirty shillings.<ref name = "Domesday">''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. {{ISBN|0-14-143994-7}} p.747</ref>

==See also== *Listed buildings in Boylestone

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Boylestone}}

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Category:Villages in Derbyshire Category:Derbyshire Dales Category:Civil parishes in Derbyshire