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  Elvaston shown within Derbyshire |
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| District | South Derbyshire |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE72 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
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History
In 1086, the Domesday book says
”The land of Geoffrey Alselin
In Alvaston and Ambaston Thulston and Elvaston Toki had ten carucates of land to the geld. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey Alvaston is a suburb and ward of Derby, England. Alvaston is situated on the A6, three miles south-east of Derby city centre Ambaston is a village in Derbyshire, England. History In 1086 the Domesday book says ”The land of Geoffrey Alselin Thulston is a small village to the south-east of Derby. The village is on the route from Derby to Elvaston Castle and Harrington Arms is a landmark in Thulston There Geoffrey Alselin[1] has now two ploughs in demesne; and a certain knight of his one plough. There 32 villans have 15 ploughs. There is one priest and a church and a mill rendering 12 shillings and one smith and 52 acres of meadow and a little scrubland. TRE[2] worth twelve pounds now ten pounds[3]. “
Notable Residents
- Aston Cockayne, baronet, author and poet was born here in 1608 [4]
- William Darwin Fox, Early work on dinosaurs and introduced his second cousin Charles Darwin to the study of insects, was born near here in 1805
References
- ^ Geoffrey Alselin held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the King. Sir Aston Cockayne (1605 &ndash 1684 also Cokain, was in his day a well-known Cavalier and a minor literary figure now best remembered as a friend of Philip The Reverend William Darwin Fox ( 23 April 1805 - 8 April 1880) was an English clergyman naturalist and a 2nd cousin of Charles Robert Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages These included obviously Ambaston, Elvaston, Alvaston and Thulston, but also land in Etwall, Ednaston, Hulland, Egginton, Breaston and Ockbrook
- ^ TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. Etwall ( is a Civil parish and Village in Derbyshire, England. Brailsford ( is a small red brick village in Derbyshire on the A52 midway between Derby and Ashbourne. Hulland is a village and Civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, adjoining the A517 road. Egginton is a Village in the local government district of South Derbyshire, England. Breaston ( is a large Village in Derbyshire, England on the A6005 very close to the M1. Ockbrook is an ancient village in Derbyshire, England. It is situated just north of the A52 a few miles east of Derby. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings. King Edward the Confessor (c 1003 &ndash 5 January 1066 son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England.
- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p. 750
- ^ It is said at Elvaston Castle, but the present building was not built until a bit later?)
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