Shottle

 ( Villages In Derbyshire ) 

Shottle is a village approximately south of the market town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish (Shottle and Postern) at the 2011 Census was 266.

In Norman times, the manor of Shottle, referred to as Sothille in the Domesday Survey, belonged to the Ferrers family.

In 1086, the book notes that

"In Shottle and Wallstone Gamal had six of land to the . There is land for as many ploughs. There are now one ploughs in and three and three 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. 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.

• Listed buildings in Shottle and Postern