History
In 1086, the”The land ofGeoffrey Alselin ''Geoffrey Alselin'' was an Anglo-Norman, who at some time after the Norman Conquest of England received Elvaston, Derbyshire and Laxton, Nottinghamshire. Alselin began the construction of the motte-and-bailey castle that stood at Laxton, Nottin ...
InAlvaston Alvaston (/ˈɒlvəstən/ or /ˈælvəstən/) is a village and ward of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England. Alvaston is on the A6 road (Great Britain), A6 three miles south-east of Derby city centre and probably owes it ...and Ambaston Thulston and Elvaston Toki had tencarucates The carucate or carrucate ( or ) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could tillage, till in a single annual season. It was known by different regional names and fell under different forms of tax asse ...of land to the geld. There Geoffrey AlselinGeoffrey Alselin held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the king,William the Conqueror William the Conqueror (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was D .... These included obviously Ambaston, Elvaston, Alvaston and Thulston, but also land inEtwall Etwall is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, southwest of Derby on the A50 road, A50. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,906. Geography Etwall is located between the A516 road, A516 bypass an ..., Ednaston,Hulland Hulland is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, adjoining the A517 road. It had a population of 215 according to the 2011 census. In the 1870s Hulland was described as: :"Hulland, a village and tw ..., Egginton,Breaston Breaston ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Borough of Erewash, Erewash district, in the south-east of Derbyshire and lies approximately east of the city of Derby and west of the city of Nottingham. The population of the civil paris ...andOckbrook Ockbrook is a village in the Erewash district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is almost contiguous with the village of Borrowash, the two only separated by the A52. The civil parish is Ockbrook and Borrowash. The population of this c ...has now two ploughs indemesne A demesne ( ) or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land subinfeudation, sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. ...; 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 of meadow and a little scrubland. TRETRE inLatin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time ofEdward the Confessor Edward the Confessor ( 1003 – 5 January 1066) was King of England from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeede ...before theBattle of Hastings The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. It took place appr .... worth twelve pounds now ten pounds.''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.750 “
Notable residents
* Anthony Blackwall was a vicar here *Ambaston
The hamlet of Ambaston is located about one mile east of Elvaston close to the River Derwent.Thulston
The hamlet of Thulston is immediately south of Elvaston on the B5010 road. The Harrington Arms is the only public house in the parish and is a local landmark in Thulston.See also
* Listed buildings in Elvaston, DerbyshireReferences
External links
* * * {{authority control Villages in Derbyshire Civil parishes in Derbyshire South Derbyshire District