Elvastonis a small village andcivil parishinDerbyshire,England. The parish also includes twohamlets,AmbastonandThulston,and a modern housing estate, Boulton Moor. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,801.[1]
| Elvaston | |
|---|---|
 The bridge that connects Elvaston toBorrowash | |
  Elvaston Location withinDerbyshire | |
| Population | 1,801 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK412326 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE72 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Located to the south-east ofDerby,Elvaston itself is dominated byElvaston Castle,a country house which is currently in the ownership of Derbyshire County Council, who plan to lease the site to a private company. The move has proved controversial, attracting a petition of 60,000 signatures against the proposals collected by the Elvaston Castle Estate Trust, who want to keep the site in public ownership. At the present time the Castle is rarely open to the public and has been somewhat neglected, while the grounds are open throughout the summer.
St Bartholomew's Church, Elvastonis aGrade I listedbuilding that dates from the 13th century.
History
editIn 1086, theDomesday Booksays:[2]
”The land ofGeoffrey Alselin
InAlvastonand Ambaston Thulston and Elvaston Toki had tencarucatesof land to the geld. There Geoffrey Alselin[3]has now two ploughs indemesne;and a certain knight of his one plough. There 32villanshave 15 ploughs. There is one priest and a church and a mill rendering 12 shillings and one smith and 52 acres (210,000 m2) of meadow and a little scrubland. TRE[4]worth twelve pounds now ten pounds.[5]“
Notable residents
edit- Anthony Blackwallwas a vicar here
- William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington1683–1756
- John Buller(1823–1967), was born here
- Geoffrey S. Dawes,physiologist lived in Thurleston Grange as a boy
- William Darwin Fox,introduced his second cousinCharles Darwinto the study of insects, was born near here in 1805
Ambaston
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The hamlet of Ambaston is located about one mile east of Elvaston close to theRiver Derwent.
Thulston
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The hamlet of Thulston is immediately south of Elvaston on the B5010 road. The Harrington Arms is the only public house in the parish and is a local landmark in Thulston.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Civil Parish population 2011".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved24 March2016.
- ^Open Domesday Online: Elvaston,accessed June 2017
- ^Geoffrey Alselin held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by theKing.These included obviously Ambaston, Elvaston, Alvaston and Thulston, but also land inEtwall,Ednaston,Hulland,Egginton,BreastonandOckbrook
- ^TRE inLatinis Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time ofKing Edwardbefore theBattle of Hastings.
- ^Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration.London: Penguin, 2003.ISBN0-14-143994-7p.750
External links
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- Elvastonin theDomesday Book
- Ambastonin theDomesday Book
- Thulstonin theDomesday Book