Osleston

{{Short description|Hamlet in Derbyshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image = Osleston 316033 689da282.jpg |static_image_width = 200px |static_image_caption=The remains of the medieval village of Osleton |coordinates = {{coord|52.931|-1.632|display=inline,title}} |map_type = Derbyshire |official_name = Osleston |civil_parish = Osleston and Thurvaston |population = 267 |population_ref = (2011) |shire_district = South Derbyshire | shire_county = Derbyshire |region = East Midlands |constituency_westminster = |post_town = ASHBOURNE |postcode_district =DE6 |postcode_area = DE |dial_code = |os_grid_reference = SK248371 }}

'''Osleston''' is a hamlet which together with Thurvaston makes up the parish of Osleston and Thurvaston. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 267 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127292&c=Osleston+and+Thurvaston&d=16&e=62&g=6414958&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1459524020938&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=1 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> It is {{convert|7.5|mi|km}} north west of Derby.

In 1848, Osleston, (with Thurvaston), was a place, in the parish of Sutton-on-the-Hill It was recorded as having {{convert|1588|acre|km2}}, of which 842 are in Orleston hamlet, and 746 in that of Thurvaston; in each is a small rural village, and the township also includes the scattered village of Cropper, where the Primitive Methodists have a place of worship.<ref>'Osleston - Otley', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 486-491. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51196. Date accessed: 23 February 2008.</ref>

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Category:Hamlets in Derbyshire Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District Category:South Derbyshire District