Duffield, Derbyshire

Description
Duffield, a village, a township, and a parish in Derbyshire. The village stands on the river Derwent, adjacent to the North Midland railway, 4 1/2 miles N of Derby; was known at Domesday as Dunelle; and has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Derby. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Acreage, 3421; population of township, 2704; of the ecclesiastical parish, 2099. The parish contains also the townships and hamlets of Hazlewood, Turnditch and Windley, Shottle and Postern, Milford and Makeney, Heage, Holbrook, and Belper. Duffield Park, formerly the seat of the Balguy family, and Duffield Bank, the seat of the Hey-wood family, are chief residences. A castle was built about 1096 by Henry de Ferrars on a spot now called Castle Hill, at the north-west end of the village, and demolished in 1325 by Henry II. From excavations made in 1886 the plan and extent of the castle have been determined, and many interesting relics have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; value, o£161 with residence. The church is good. There are several dissenting chapels, a free school with £86 from endowment, almshouses, and other charities.