SHIRLEY, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"SHIRLEY, a parish in the hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 4½ miles S.E. of Ashbourne, its post town, and 10 N.W. of Derby. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The parish includes the township of Yeaveley and Stydd. It was formerly the property of the Shirley family, Earls Ferrers, whose ancient seat is now converted into a farmhouse. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £153 179., and the glebe comprises 9 acres.

The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £179. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, was thoroughly restored in 1842. There is also a district church at Yeaveley, erected in 1840, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, value £65. The parochial charities produce about £3 per annum. There is a National school, built in 1844 by voluntary contributions. The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship. Shirley Park is a meet for the Hoar Cross hounds."

"STYDD, a township in the parish of Shirley, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 4½ miles S.W. of Ashbourne."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]