# Boylestone

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{{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](/source/St_John_the_Baptist's_Church%2C_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](/source/Derbyshire_Dales)
| shire_county            = [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire)
|region                   = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = 
|post_town                =ASHBOURNE
|postcode_district        = DE6
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'''Boylestone''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the [Derbyshire Dales](/source/Derbyshire_Dales) district of [Derbyshire](/source/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](/source/Uttoxeter). The parish includes '''Boylestonfield'''.

The village church is 14th century with a tower added in 1844 by [Henry Duesbury](/source/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](/source/Bill_Tidy) lived in the village.

==History==
Boylestone was mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) as belonging to [Henry de Ferrers](/source/Henry_de_Ferrers)<ref name="and">Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including [Doveridge](/source/Doveridge), [Aston-on-Trent](/source/Aston-on-Trent), [Hartshorne](/source/Hartshorne%2C_Derbyshire) and [Cowley](/source/Shirley%2C_Derbyshire).</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](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Boylestone)

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
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Category:Villages in Derbyshire
Category:Derbyshire Dales
Category:Civil parishes in Derbyshire

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