Bretby

52°48′14″N 1°33′58″W / 52.804°N 1.566°W / 52.804; -1.566

Bretby
St Wystan's Church at Bretby
Bretby parish highlighted within Derbyshire
Population893 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK293230
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBURTON-ON-TRENT
Postcode districtDE15
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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Bretby is a village and civil parish in the south of Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton upon Trent, on the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 893.[1] The name means "dwelling place of Britons". On the A511 road (formerly A50), there is a secondary settlement, Stanhope Bretby, which was the site of Bretby Colliery.[2]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ Bretby at DerbyshireUK