Abney, Derbyshire

Abney
Abney
	Abney village
	Abney Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK194792
District	Derbyshire Dales;
Shire county	Derbyshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOPE VALLEY
Postcode district	S32
Dialling code	01433
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
	List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°19′N 1°43′W / 53.31°N 1.71°W

Abney (Old English Abba's Island^[1]) is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. The settlement was mentioned as Habenai in the Domesday book of 1086.^[2] It was recorded as Abbeneia, Abbeney(a) and Abbeneye between 1200 and 1431, and as Abney from 1416.^[2]

The village is too small to have its own amenities. The closest church, pub and shops are to be found in Eyam. The village was in the civil parish of Outseats, but in April 2015 the Outseats parish was merged with Hathersage parish, the latter name being used for the two combined parishes.

Notable residents[edit]

William Newton, poet, was born near Abney at Cockey Farm.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Abney". Key to English Place-names. English Place Name Society at the University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b Watts, Victor (2007). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0521168557.
^ Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain

External links[edit]

www.peakdistrictinformation.com/towns/abney.php
Media related to Abney, Derbyshire at Wikimedia Commons
Abney in the Domesday Book

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[1] "Abney". Key to English Place-names. English Place Name Society at the University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

[Watts07-2] Watts, Victor (2007). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0521168557.

[dnb-3] Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain

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