Alsop en le Dale
| Alsop en le Dale | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 The church at Alsop en le Dale | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK160551 |
| Location: | 53°5’36"N, 1°45’42"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ashbourne |
| Postcode: | DE6 |
| Local Government | |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Derbyshire Dales |
Alsop en le Dale is a village in Derbyshire about five miles north of Ashbourne in the west of the county close to the Staffordshire border, and a mile from Dovedale, a popular tourist location.
It has just a few cottages and scattered farms.
The name of the village is form the Old English language, with a French influence. 'Alsop' is from the Mercian dialect of Old English, from Ælles hopa, which means 'Æll’s valley'. The suffix en le Dale was added later, meaning 'In the Valley' in Norman French but using the English 'Dale' ('Valley').[1]
History
The village appears though in the Domesday Book of 1086, amongst the lands in Derbyshire belonging to the King. The record says:
In Parwich are two carucates of land to the geld. There is land for two ploughs. It is waste. Kolli holds it of the king and he has three villeins with two bordars with three ploughs. There are twelve acres of meadow. To this manor belong berewicks of Alsop-en-le-Dale, Hanson Grange and Cold Eaton. There are 2 carucates of land to the geld. There is land for two ploughs. It is waste.[2]
About the village
The Church of St. Michael and All Angels is of Norman origin, but was restored in the 19th century. The church serves the hamlets of Alsop Moor, Cold Eaton and Newton Grange.
Alsop Hall opposite the church, was built in the late 16th century for the Alsop family.
The village formerly had a station, Alsop en le Dale station, on the railway line connecting Ashbourne and Buxton. Located to the west and above the village, the station is a now a car-park and access point for the Tissington Trail, a 13-mile bridleway and walk/cycle path that utilizes this section of the line. Opened in 1971, it is part of the National Cycle Network.
The village is a convenient starting point for walks into Wolfscote Dale, which lies on the River Dove between Dovedale and Hartington village.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Alsop en le Dale) |
- Alsop en le Dale - GENUKI Gazetteer
- Memorial inscriptions in the church & churchyard
- en le Dale Alsop en le Dale in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ Field, John (1980). Place-names of Great Britain and Ireland. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 23. ISBN 0389201545. OCLC 6964610.
- ↑ Domesday Book, a complete translation, Ann Williams and GH Martin (Eds), p742, ISBN 0-14-051535-6, 2002
