Alkmonton Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Alkmonton St john 119175 1aa8608e.jpg
Static Image Caption:St. John's church
Static Image 2 Name:Derbyshire UK parish map highlighting Alkmonton.svg
Static Image 2 Caption:Alkmonton parish highlighted within Derbyshire
Official Name:Alkmonton
Shire County:Derbyshire
Region:East Midlands
Post Town:Ashbourne
Postcode District:DE6
Postcode Area:DE
Os Grid Reference:SK1838

Alkmonton is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, roughly between Uttoxeter and Derby. The parish had a population of 75 at the 2001 census and it remained less than 100 in 2011. Details are included in the civil parish of Cubley, Derbyshire.

History

The village's name is derived from the Old English for "Ealhmund's settlement".[1] Alkmonton was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and was worth forty shillings.[2]

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. TRE[3] worth 60s now 40s. Ralph holds it.[2]

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).[4] [5]

The earthworks of the medieval village of Alkmonton are a short distance south of the present village.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alkmonton. Key to English Place-names. English Place Name Society at the University of Nottingham. 19 Aug 2013.
  2. Book: Domesday Book: A Complete Translation . London . Penguin . 2003 . 0-14-143994-7. 746.
  3. TRE means in the time of King Edward so that would have been 60s but now worth 40s.
  4. Book: Alfrick – Allerston. A Topographical Dictionary of England. Samuel . Lewis . S. Lewis. London . 1848. 34–37. British History Online . 31 January 2018.
  5. Book: Hospitals: Alkmonton. A History of the County of Derby . 2 . William . Page. Victoria County History. London. 1907. 80–81. British History Online. 31 January 2018.