Edlaston

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Edlaston
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Edlaston
Location within Derbyshire
Population220 (2011) (with Wyaston)
OS grid reference SK176429
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Police Derbyshire
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52°58′52″N1°43′48″W / 52.981°N 1.730°W / 52.981; -1.730 Coordinates: 52°58′52″N1°43′48″W / 52.981°N 1.730°W / 52.981; -1.730

Edlaston is a village three miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, just off the A515 road. It is in close proximity to the hamlet of Wyaston, and the civil parish is called Edlaston and Wyaston. It had a population of 220 at the 2011 Census. [1]

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It is very rural as the land is light and stony with a clay subsoil, which is suitable for dairy pasture. The village consists of a few farms and cottages and a traditional stone built public house The Shire Horse on the outer east edge of the village. To the west of the village is Edlaston Hall. It and its outbuildings have been converted to multiple dwellings. [2]

History

Edlaston is mentioned in Domesday book as "Dulvestune", and later "Edolveston", meaning "Eadwulf's farm". [3]

The manor of Edlaston was given to the prior and convent of Tutbury by Earl Ferrers, son of the founder. After the Reformation it was granted by Henry VIII in 1548 to William Paget, who a year afterwards sold it to Sir Edward Aston. Later it belonged to the Eyres of Hassop Hall and was sold by Rowland Eyre to Daniel Morley of Ashbourne, later bought by the Rev Thomas Gisborne of Yoxall in Staffordshire. A small common of 20 acres was enclosed in 1824. It was recorded by 1848 as containing 16 houses with 92 inhabitants. John Harrison from Snelston Hall was by then the lord of the manor and principal owner. [4] [5]

Many of the houses were rebuilt and have a common gothic style. There was an infant school in the village built in 1845, which was later converted into a residence. [6] [7] Harrison and Sir Peter Walker of the Walker-Okeover baronets from Osmaston manor, were main landowners by the very end of the 19th century. [7]

The church of St. James has a chancel, nave, south porch and a square wooden turret which has bells. The 14th century masonry is complemented by windows and a roof of a later date. The church was repaired in 1682 and 1840, and was restored and reseated in 1870. The rectory is a nearby small mansion for church purposes, along with a glebe. [4]

Robert Kaye Greville, a notable botanist did many drawings here in Edlaston and Wyaston as a child [8] as his father, Robert Greville, was the local rector.

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Edlaston at DerbyshireUK accessed 6 August 2008
  3. ↑ "Edlaston :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 Samuel Bagshaw (1848). History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon Trent. pp. 307–308.
  5. ↑ "History". Snelston. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  6. ↑ GENUKI. "Genuki: EDLASTON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868, Derbyshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Edlaston Genealogy Resources & Parish Registers | Derbyshire". forebears.io. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Robert Kaye Greville Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine , Mark Lawley


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