Museums · East Midlands
Mickleover
Mickleover — a museum in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
Ray Folwell — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Mickleover is a museum in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Place summary
Mickleover is a museum located in the East Midlands. It showcases the local history and heritage of the area, providing insights into the region's past. The museum features various exhibits that reflect the cultural development of Mickleover and its surroundings.
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Background
History
The earliest recorded mention of Mickleover (and its close neighbour, Littleover) comes in 1011, when an early charter has King Aethelred granting Morcar, a high-ranking Mercian Thegn, land along the Trent and in Eastern Derbyshire, including land in the Mickleover and Littleover areas, consolidating estates he had inherited in North-East Derbyshire from his kinsman through marriage, Wulfric Spot, who founded Burton Abbey on the Staffs-Derbys border. Mickleover appears in Domesday Book when it was still owned by the abbey. At the time of the Domesday Survey, 1086, Mickleover was known as Magna (the Old English version of this is Micel) Oufra. Magna, in early Latin means Great; oufra coming…
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- Coordinates
- 52.9010, -1.5520
- County
- Derbyshire
- District
- South Derbyshire
- Parish
- Burnaston
- Postcode
- DE3 0XX
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Derbyshire
Sources
- wikipedia: Mickleover (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mickleover?
- Mickleover is in East Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.9010°, -1.5520°.
- Is Mickleover wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Mickleover. Check ahead for specific facilities.