Alstonefield (alternative spelling: Alstonfield) is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Peak District
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Leek
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and south of
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 and for the influential '' The Compleat Gamester'', was born in the village.
Brexit
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in 2020 it was part of the European constituency of West Midlands.
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 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 s ...
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