Windley
WINDLEY, a township, in the parish of Duffield, union of Belper, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 6¾ miles (N. N. W.) from Derby; containing 234 inhabitants. It comprises an area of 1052 acres, principally belonging to Lord Scarsdale, who is lord of the manor. Several of the houses have been lately rebuilt. The impropriate tithes of the township have been commuted for £63. 13., and the vicarial tithes for £6.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.
