Edlaston

Edlaston

St James' Church, Edlaston
Edlaston
Edlaston shown within Derbyshire
Population 220 (2011)
OS grid reference SK176429
Civil parish
  • Edlazston and Wyaston
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands

Edlaston is a village and civil parish three miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, just off the A515 road. It includes the hamlet of Wyaston. The civil parish is called Edlaston and Wyaston. It had a population of 220 at the 2011 Census.[1]

Edlaston is mentioned in Domesday book as "Edolveston". It is very rural as the land is light and stony with a clay subsoil, which is suitable for dairy pasture. The village consists of a few farms and cottages and a traditional stone built public house The Shire Horse. To the west of the village is Edlaston Hall. It and its outbuildings have been converted to multiple dwellings.[2]

The church of St. James has a chancel, nave, south porch and a square wooden turret which has bells. The 14th century masonry is complemented by windows and a roof of a later date. The church was repaired in 1682 and 1840, and was restored and reseated in 1870.

Robert Kaye Greville, a notable botanist did many drawings here in Edlaston and Wyaston as a child[3] as his father, Robert Greville, was the local rector.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Edlaston at DerbyshireUK accessed 6 August 2008
  3. ↑ Robert Kaye Greville, Mark Lawley
 The Shire Horse Public House Edlaston


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