Elvaston

Not to be confused with Alvaston

Elvaston
Derbyshire
The bridge that connects Elvaston to Borrowash
Location
Grid reference:	SK412326
Location:	52°53’24"N, 1°23’17"W
Data
Population:	1,801  (2011)
Post town:	Derby
Postcode:	DE72
Local Government
Council:	South Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency:	South Derbyshire

Elvaston is a small village in the south of Derbyshire, to the south-east of Derby. The village is dominated by Elvaston Castle, a country house which is currently owned by the local council. The grounds of the castle are opened to the public throughout the summer.

The parish also includes two hamlets, Ambaston and Thulston, and a modern housing estate, Boulton Moor. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,801.

History

In 1086, the Domesday Book says:

”The land of Geoffrey Alselin
In Alvaston and Ambaston Thulston and Elvaston Toki had ten carucates of land to the geld. There Geoffrey Alselin has now two ploughs in demesne; and a certain knight of his one plough. There 32 villeins have 15 ploughs. There is one priest and a church and a mill rendering 12 shillings and one smith and 52 acres of meadow and a little scrubland. In the time of King Edward worth twelve pounds now ten pounds.“

Ambaston

A farmhouse at Ambaston

Ambaston, a hamlet is located about a mile east of Elvaston close to the River Derwent.

Thulston

The Harrington Arms, Thulston

Thulston stands 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.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Elvaston)

• Elvaston in the Domesday Book
• Elvaston in the Domesday Book
• Elvaston in the Domesday Book