| Hazelwood | |
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  Hazelwood Location withinDerbyshire | |
| Population | 330 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK328460 |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BELPER |
| Postcode district | DE56 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Hazelwood (until recently speltHazlewood) is a village inDerbyshire at the lower end of thePennines around five miles north ofDerby, England.[1] Ordnance Survey maps in the nineteenth century spelt itHazzlewood. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 330.[2]
It is located on the western edge of Chevin Hill. Nearby is a place called Firestone where beacon fires were lit to rouse the country when peril of invasion or other dangers were imminent. Firestone is now the site of a reservoir owned by theSevern Trent water board.
Formerly it was part of the parish and manor of nearbyDuffield. In 1817 it was recorded that "Hazlewood is parcel of the manor of Duffield. The Blount family had for many years an estate there, called a manor in records of the reign ofEdward III and that ofEdward IV."[3]
In the days before Hazelwood had its own cemetery, burials were conducted atSt. Alkmunds in Duffield. It is said that funeral parties would stop for refreshment at the New Inn on Hazlewood Road (now a private house) and would leave the coffin resting on the flat stone coping of the garden wall.[4]
Hazelwood railway station was about half a mile from St. John's Church down Hob Hill, on theWirksworth Branch of theMidland Railway.
Edith Maude Hull, born inHampstead, married locally born Percy Winstanley Hull and moved to "The Knowle" where she wrote a number of books, includingThe Sheik, which led to the film of the same name starringRudolf Valentino.
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