Burley nr. Stanton-in-Peak / Berleie
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19939BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church / Chapel Name: Church [disappeared?]
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Burley was located E of the A6, halfway between Stanton-in-Peak and Uppertown, SE of Blackwell [not to be mistaken with Burley Hill, a hamlet in the suburbs of Derby]
Historical Region: Hundred of Blackwell [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (was there a church in Burley in 1086? [cf. FontNotes])
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burley_Hill
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Darley [Dereleie] in the Domesday that mentions Burley [Bereleie], and a priest in it, though not a church, though there probably was one here. The village has disappeared, and the priest mentioned in Domesday may have belonged to Darley, not Burley.