Shirley, Derbyshire
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History
Shirley was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers[n 1] and being worth forty shillings.[3]
In the nineteenth century St Michael's Church, Shirley was led by the Rev. Charles Francis Powys who had a number of literary children.
Notable residents
- John Cowper Powys, born in the town, "Derbyshire's most prolific author", according to Tom Bates[4]
- Theodore Francis Powys, born in the town, author[4]
- Gertrude Mary Powys, born in the town, painter[4]
- Littleton Charles Powys, author and headmaster of Sherborne School[4]
- Prof. Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley, historian at Oxford University
- Rev. William Richardson Linton, clergyman and botanist who wrote a Flora of Derbyshire and discovered Rubus durescens, a bramble endemic to Derbyshire
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Doveridge, Linton, Brailsford and Cowley.
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