Alstonefield (alternative spelling: Alstonfield) is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Peak District
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National Park and the
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, is based in Leek and is located between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the Peak District National Park. The ...
Buxton
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The village has two pubs; The George and The Watts Russell Arms.
The civil parish also contains the hamlets of Hopedale, Stanshope and Milldale.
In Wilson's 1870–1872 '' Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'', the spellings Allstonefield and Allstonfield were used.
The poet and writer Charles Cotton (28 April 1630 – 16 February 1687), best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French, for his contributions to
The Compleat Angler
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Walton continu ...
and for the influential ''
The Compleat Gamester
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'', was born in the village.
Governance
Alstonefield has a parish council, the lowest tier of local government in England. It is within
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, is based in Leek and is located between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the Peak District National Park. The ...
non-metropolitan district and the county of Staffordshire, administered by
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council is the top-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire, England.
62 councillors sit on Staffordshire County Council. Staffordshire operates a cabinet-style council
In England, local auth ...
. Alstonefield is in the Parliamentary constituency of
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, is based in Leek and is located between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the Peak District National Park. The ...
. Prior to
Brexit
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in 2020 it was part of the European constituency of
West Midlands
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Etymology
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.
Church
The parish church, dedicated to St Peter, is a Grade I
listed building
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with some 12th century stonework and is believed to be on the site of an earlier Saxon church.
Manor Land Claim 2007
In 2007 Mark Roberts, a businessman involved in the
Peterstone Wentloog
Peterstone or Peterstone Wentlooge ( cy, Llanbedr Gwynllŵg) is a small hamlet to the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales.
Location
Peterstone Wentlooge lies six miles to the west of Newport city centre and 7½ miles east of Cardiff ...
case registered a caution against first registration for after purchasing 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 ...
of Alstonefield for £10,000 in 1999. After this case the Law Commission in England and Wales was considering abolishing feudal land law.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6923705.stm Law in Action, 31 July 2007 BBC Radio 4
See also
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Listed buildings in Alstonefield
Alstonefield is a civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It contains 56 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of ...