DOVERIDGE

'Doveridge' is a village on the borders of Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. Formerly a small village through which the original busy A50 road ran from Derby to Stoke-on-Trent (via Uttoxeter), this was by-passed by the five mile new dual-carriageway A50 (formerly A564) in 1998. (In the 1960's plans were made to widen the existing A50 running through the village. The project progressed as far as knocking down Cavendish Lodge, a large, 16 Room, 17th Century Hunting Lodge, at that time belonging to the Lewis family. Shortly thereafter the widening plan was dropped.)
Its name comes from it having a bridge over the river Dove (ie Dove(B)ridge), a tributary of the River Trent.
Doveridge has a local pub, the "Cavendish Arms", a village shop which includes an early morning paper boy delivery service, and used to have a small petrol pump station which was recently knocked down. Doveridge also has a Working Men's Club which is just located opposite the Post Office and is regularly attended.
Doveridge is home to a football team and a cricket team. These are both quite successful in their local leagues.

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History

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History

Doveridge was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers^[1] and being worth one hundred shillings''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.746.

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1. Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Tissington, Hartshorne, Cubley, Aston-on-Trent and Cowley.