# Yeaveley

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{{Short description|Village in Derbyshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
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|country                  = England
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|static_image_width       = 240px
|static_image_caption     = The red brick [Holy Trinity church](/source/Holy_Trinity_Church%2C_Yeaveley)
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|map_type                 = Derbyshire
|official_name            = Yeaveley
|population               =
|shire_district           = [Derbyshire Dales](/source/Derbyshire_Dales)
| shire_county            = [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire)
|region                   = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = [Derbyshire Dales](/source/Derbyshire_Dales_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|post_town                = ASHBOURNE
|postcode_district        = DE6
|postcode_area            = DE
|dial_code                = 01335
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'''Yeaveley''' is a small village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) near [Rodsley](/source/Rodsley) and 4 miles south of [Ashbourne](/source/Ashbourne%2C_Derbyshire) in [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire). The population of the civil parish (including Rodsley) as at the 2011 census was 396.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11131081&c=Yeaveley&d=16&e=62&g=6413763&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1459345641847&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=30 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921080954/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11131081&c=Yeaveley&d=16&e=62&g=6413763&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1459345641847&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The village has no school but does have a public house and the Holy Trinity Church. During the reign of [Richard I](/source/Richard_I_of_England), [Ralph Foun](/source/Ralph_Foun) gave a hermitage at Yeaveley with lands, waters, woods, mills, and other appurtenances to the [Knights Hospitallers](/source/Knights_Hospitallers).<ref>'House of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Yeaveley and Barrow', A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 75-77. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40128 url]. Date accessed: 21 April 2008.</ref>

==Notable residents==
[Henry Yevele](/source/Henry_Yevele), medieval architect of [Westminster Abbey](/source/Westminster_Abbey) nave, was born here c. 1320.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/yeaveley.html |title=Yeaveley |publisher=DerbyshireUK |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref>

[John Jackson Oakden](/source/John_Jackson_Oakden), pioneer pastoralist and explorer of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), was born here 1818.

[Roy Wood](/source/Roy_Wood), musician ([Wizzard](/source/Wizzard)), lives in nearby [Cubley](/source/Cubley%2C_Derbyshire).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roy Wood - Wizard - Famous Derbyshire People|url=http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/roy-wood-wizard-famous-derbyshire-people-c2520.html|access-date=2020-07-15|website=www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Yeaveley](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Yeaveley)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Villages in Derbyshire
Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District
Category:Derbyshire Dales

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