Shottle

{{Short description|Village in Derbyshire, England}}

{{for|the 1941 fantasy short story by Theodore Sturgeon|Shottle Bop}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = St Lawrence Church, Shottle, Derbyshire (geograph 285173).jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = St Lawrence Church, Shottle.

| coordinates = {{coord|53.044|-1.537|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = Derbyshire

| official_name = Shottle

| civil_parish = Shottle and Postern

| population = 266

| population_ref = (201)

| shire_district = Amber Valley

| shire_county = Derbyshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = BELPER

| postcode_district = DE56

| postcode_area = DE

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SK311497

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Shottle is a village approximately {{convert|3|mi}} south of the market town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish (Shottle and Postern) at the 2011 Census was 266.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128478&c=shottle+and+postern+cp&d=16&e=62&g=6412617&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458231524078&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=17 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

In Norman times, the manor of Shottle, referred to as Sothille in the Domesday Survey, belonged to the Ferrers{{refn|name="hf"|Henry de Ferrers held a considerable number of manors including a large number in Derbyshire given to him by the king, William the Conqueror. These included obviously Shottle, but also included Barrow upon Trent, Chellaston, Etwall, Hatton, Osmaston,There are two places called Osmaston in Derbyshire{{snd}}Osmaston, Derby (now a suburb of Derby) and Osmaston, Derbyshire Dales. Both were mentioned in the Domesday Book. It may be impossible ever to determine which was granted to Henry de Ferrers. Normanton, Derbyshire, Spondon and Swarkestone}} family.

In 1086, the book notes that

"In Shottle and Wallstone Gamal had six carucates of land to the geld. There is land for as many ploughs. There are now one ploughs in demesne and three villans and three bordars having one ploughs and five acres of meadow. Woodland pasture 3 and a half leagues by one and a half leagues. (TRETRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of Edward the Confessor before the Battle of Hastings. worth ten shillings now ten shillings. Godric holds it"Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. {{ISBN|0-14-143994-7}} p.745

Shottle Park was one of the seven parks within Duffield Frith.Turbutt, G., (1999) A History of Derbyshire. Volume 2: Medieval Derbyshire, Cardiff: Merton Priory Press The gate at its south-east corner is still known as Shottle Gate. To the south was the much smaller Postern Park. The present-day parish is known as Shottle and Postern.

It was annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster after the rebellion by Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby. It is thought to have passed to the Earl of Shrewsbury during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It was sold in 1630 by Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, to Christian, the wife of William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire.Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) Magna Britannia: volume 5 Pages 129–142 'Parishes: Doveridge – Duffield', http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50727. Date accessed: 24 October 2007.

Shottle is a rather straggling rural village spread out on the road from Shottlegate to Wirksworth via Alport Height (Chequer Lane). Its main industry was, and remains, agriculture. Shottle Hall dates from 1841 and is a pleasant building in the late Georgian style, now used mainly for weddings and events.

Whilst some way out of the village itself, Shottle has its own railway station – called Shottle after Shottle Hall, which is nearby. The station, which is on the Wirksworth Branch, was closed in 1947 to passengers and the building is owned by Peak Oil Ltd. The railway line has been reopened to passengers as the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.