Place:Bretby, Derbyshire, England

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NameBretby
Alt namesBradbysource: Family History Library Catalog
Bretebisource: Domesday Book (1985) p 68
TypeVillage
Coordinates52.8°N 1.55°W
Located inDerbyshire, England
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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. 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.

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