Cubley, Derbyshire


Cubley is a parish of two closely linked villages six miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Great Cubley and Little Cubley are known collectively as Cubley. The parish church of St. Andrew lies roughly equidistant from the two, but is technically in Great Cubley. The church is Grade I listed. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 232.

History

Cubley is mentioned in the Domesday book where it is spelt Cobelei. The book says under the title of "The lands of Henry de Ferrers":
"In Cubley Siward had two of land to the. There is land for two ploughs. There are now two ploughs in and four and four and one slave having one plough. There is a priest and a church and one mill rendering 12 pence and eight acres of meadow and woodland pasture one league long and one league broad. TRE worth 100 shillings now 40 shillings. Ralph holds it."

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