Edlaston is a village three miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, just off the

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. It is in close proximity to the hamlet of

Wyaston Wyaston is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located 3 miles south of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne. Wyaston is in the civil parish of Edlaston and Wyaston. This is southeast of Edlaston, both have a long history as separate Township, ...

, and the civil parish is called

Edlaston and Wyaston Edlaston and Wyaston is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Edlaston and Wyaston. In 2011 the parish had a population of 220. It is north west of London ...

. It had a population of 220 at the 2011 Census. 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.

History

Edlaston is mentioned in Domesday book as "Dulvestune", and later "Edolveston", meaning "Eadwulf's farm". The manor of Edlaston was given to the prior and convent of Tutbury by

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, son of the founder. After the Reformation it was granted by

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in 1548 to

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, who a year afterwards sold it to Sir Edward Aston. Later it belonged to the Eyres of

Hassop Hall Hassop Hall is a 17th-century country house near Bakewell, Derbyshire, which was operated as a hotel until it closed on 29 September 2019. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The Manor was owned by the Foljambe family until the 14th cent ...

and was sold by Rowland Eyre to Daniel Morley of Ashbourne, later bought by the Rev

Thomas Gisborne Thomas Gisborne (31 October 1758 – 24 March 1846) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was a member of the Clapham Sect, who fought for the Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, abolition of the slave trade in England. Life Gisborne wa ...

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 Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...

and principal owner. 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. Harrison and Sir Peter Walker of the

Walker-Okeover baronets The Walker, later Walker-Okeover Baronetcy, of Gateacre Grange in the County of Lancaster and Osmaston Manor in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 February 1886 for Andrew Walker, a br ...

from Osmaston manor, were main landowners by the very end of the 19th century. 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. Robert Kaye Greville, a notable botanist did many drawings here in Edlaston and Wyaston as a childRobert Kaye Greville
, Mark Lawley as his father, Robert Greville, was the local rector.

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External links

Edlaston at DerbyshireUK

The Shire Horse Public House Edlaston
Villages in Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District Derbyshire Dales {{Derbyshire-geo-stub

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