Alkmonton
| Alkmonton | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 St John's Church, Alkmonton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK186385 |
| Location: | 52°56’38"N, 1°43’26"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ashbourne |
| Postcode: | DE6 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
Alkmonton is a village in Derbyshire, standing roughly between Uttoxeter and Derby. The parish had a population of 75 at the 2001 census and it remained less than 100 in 2011.
The village's name is derived from the Old English Ealhmundes tun, meaning 'Ealhmund's settlement'.[1]
History
Alkmonton appears in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and was worth forty shillings.
Wulfgeat had 1½ carucates of land to the geld. There is land for two ploughs. There are now two ploughs in Demesne; and 8 Villans and 7 Bordars having two ploughs, and 12 acres of meadow. There is woodland pasture 1 league long and a half broad. In the time of King Edward worth 60s, now 40s. Ralph holds it.
In about 1100 a hospital for female lepers was founded between Alkmonton and Hungry Bentley by Robert de Bakepuze. It went into decline but was re-founded in 1406, only to be abolished in 1547 due to the reformation. The ownership of the manor of Alkmonton passed through several families to the Evans, who in 1843 built the parish church of St John (a Grade II listed building[2]).[3][4][5]
The earthworks of the lost Mediæval village of Alkmonton are a short distance south of the present village.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Alkmonton) |
- Alkmonton in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "Alkmonton". Key to English Place-names. English Place Name Society at the University of Nottingham. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Derbyshire/Alkmonton. Retrieved 19 Aug 2013.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1335021: Church of St John (Grade II listing)
- ↑ A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis (1848), pages 34–37 (on British History Online)
- ↑ A History of the County of Derby - Volume 2 pp 80-81: Hospitals: Alkmonton (Victoria County History)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1116387: Mediæval basement below numbers 38 and 39 (Grade @ listing)