Lullington is a village and civil parish in the district of South Derbyshire in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 121. It has an All Saints' Church, a village hall and a pub, the Colvile Arms (Charles Robert Colvile was living at Lullington Hall in the 1850s).Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May 1891) p.249 Accessed June 2007 Together with neighbouring Netherseal, it is the southernmost village in Derbyshire.
History Lullington is mentioned in the Domesday Book where it is then spelt Lullitune. The book saysDomesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p.754 under the title of "The lands of the King's Thegns":The Theyns held a number of Derbyshire manors given to them by the king, William the Conqueror. These included obviously Lullington, but also included lands in Coal Aston, Sandiacre, Risley and less than one bovate in Ingleby.In Lullington Auti had five carucates of land to the geld. There is land for five ploughs. There now Edward has of the king 21 villans and three bordars having four ploughs. There is a priest and one mill rendering 6s 8d (33p) and twelve acres of meadow. TRETRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of Edward the Confessor before the Battle of Hastings. as now worth four pounds."
See also Listed buildings in Lullington, Derbyshire
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Genuki pages for Lullington