Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | St. John the Baptist, Boylestone Church - geograph.org.uk - 119172.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St John the Baptist's Church, Boylestone |
Static Image 2: | Derbyshire UK parish map highlighting Boylestone.svg |
Static Image 2 Width: | 240px |
Static Image 2 Caption: | Boylestone parish highlighted within Derbyshire |
Official Name: | Boylestone |
Population: | 318 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Shire District: | Derbyshire Dales |
Shire County: | Derbyshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Post Town: | ASHBOURNE |
Postcode District: | DE6 |
Postcode Area: | DE |
Os Grid Reference: | SK182359 |
Boylestone is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 318.[1] The village is eight miles east of Uttoxeter. The parish includes Boylestonfield.
The village church is 14th century with a tower added in 1844 by Henry Duesbury.[2] [3]
The cartoonist Bill Tidy lived in the village.
Boylestone was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers[4] and being worth thirty shillings.[5]