Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire is in Derbyshire.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Aston-on-Trent
Carbon Date. 2700BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Carbonised grain, from pit sealed by Beaker barrow at Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England.
ID: 4189, C14 ID: BM-271 Date BP: 4700 +/- 150, Start Date BP: 4550, End BP: 4850
OS Letter: SK, OS East: 422, OS North: 291
Archaeologist Name: D Reaney
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 11, 1969, 288; Derbyshire Archaeol J, 88, 1968, 68-81
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Aston-on-Trent, All Saints Church [Map]
On 25 May 1742 James Shuttleworth (age 28) and Mary Holden were married at All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent [Map]. They had four sons and three daughters.
On 04 Nov 1784 Thomas Gascoigne 8th Baronet (age 39) and Mary Shuttleworth Lady Turner and Gascoigne (age 33) were married at All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent [Map]. She by marriage Lady Gascoigne of Barnbow and Parlington in Yorkshire.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Barrow On Trent [Map]
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Barrow On Trent, Arleston [Map]
Around 1414 Alice Booth was born to Henry Booth (age 29) at Arleston [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Barton Blount [Map]
Around 1478 William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy was born to John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 28) and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde at Barton Blount [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Church Gresley
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Church Gresley, St George and St Mary's Church
On 05 Jun 1699 Thomas Gresley 2nd Baronet (age 71) died. He was buried at St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley. His son William Gresley 3rd Baronet (age 37) succeeded 3rd Baronet Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire.
On 12 Oct 1837 Roger Gresley 8th Baronet (age 37) died. He was buried at St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley on 28 Oct 1837. His first cousin William Nigel Gresley 9th Baronet (age 31) succeeded 9th Baronet Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire.
On 31 Jul 17365 Dorothy Bowyer died. She was buried at St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Drakelow [Map]
On 03 Nov 1552 Thomas Gresley was born to William Gresley (age 27) and Catherine Aston at Drakelow [Map].
On 05 Sep 1610 Thomas Gresley (age 57) died at Drakelow [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Drakelow Hall
On 11 Jan 1727 Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet was born to Thomas Gresley 4th Baronet (age 28) and Dorothy Bowyer at Drakelow Hall.
On 27 Jan 1776 Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (age 23) and Wilmot Gresley were married by which he acquired Drakelow Hall. They were first cousins.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Egginton [Map]
In 1197 Ermentrude Ferrers was born to Robert Ferrers (age 20) and Joan Boclande (age 14) at Egginton [Map].
In 1253 Robert Stafford was born to Robert Stafford (age 37) and Alice Corbet (age 28) at Egginton [Map].
In 1278 Johanna Stafford was born to Robert Stafford (age 25) and Gundreda Stafford (age 26) at Egginton [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Etwall [Map]
Around 1447 John Fitzherbert was born to Nicholas Fitzherbert (age 47) and Alice Booth (age 33) at Etwall [Map].
In 1455 Margaret Babington was born to John Babington (age 32) and Isabel Bradbourne (age 28) at Etwall [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Foremark [Map]
Around 1364 Robert Francis was born to Robert Francis (age 22) at Foremark [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Hartshorne [Map]
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, St Peter's Church Hartshorne [Map]
On 27 Apr 1799 Stebbing Shaw Historian (age 37) succeeded his father as Rector of St Peter's Church Hartshorne, Derbyshirebyshire [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Melbourne [Map]
Around 1653 John Coke was born to Thomas Coke (age 43) in Melbourne [Map].
On 19 Feb 1674 Thomas Coke was born to John Coke (age 21) in Melbourne [Map]. He was baptised on the same day.
On 12 Dec 1877 Susan Millicent Reeve (age 61) died at Melbourne [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Melbourne Cemetery [Map]
After 18 Jan 1867. Melbourne Cemetery [Map]. Grave of Ensign Henry Edward Gooch of the Coldstream Guards, one of four men responsble for the pivotal closing of the gate at Hougomont Chateau during the Battle of Waterloo.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Melbourne Hall [Map]
In or before 1743 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet (age 38) and Charlotte Coke were married. She brought Melbourne Hall [Map] to the Lamb family.
On 29 Jan 1853 Frederick Lamb 3rd Viscount Melbourne (age 70) died without issue. Viscount Melbourne of Kilmore in County Cavan, Baron Beauvale of Beauvale in Nottinghamshire and Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire extinct. Melbourne Hall [Map] was inherited by his sister Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 65).
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Newton Solney [Map]
The River Trent rises on Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire [Map] and flows, in a great horseshoe through, or near, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Stone, Staffordshire [Map], Essex Bridge [Map], Bishton Hall, Staffordshire [Map], Colwich, Staffordshire [Map] passing St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich [Map], Rugeley, Staffordshire [Map], Kings Bromley, Staffordshire [Map], Alrewas, Staffordshire [Map], Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Newton Solney [Map], Repton [Map], under Swarkestone Bridge [Map], Sawley [Map], Nottingham [Map], Holme Pierrepoint [Map], Stoke Ferry Shelford [Map], under Gunthorpe Bridge [Map], past Gunthorpe Lock [Map], Hoveringham Nottingham [Map], Newark on Trent [Map], Knaith [Map], Dunham Bridge [Map], Sutton on Trent [Map], the Isle of Axholme [Map] and Gainsborough [Map] before joining the Humber Estuary at Trent Falls [Map].
Melbourne Castle
Around 1311 Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 33) commissioned the building of Melbourne Castle [Map] having received a license to crenallate his manor in from King Edward II of England (age 26); the castle wasn't completed before his execution. The records show £1,313 was spent on the project in the year 1313–14, of which £548 was paid to masons for dressing stone.
In 1327 Melbourne Castle [Map] was given to Henry of Lancaster (age 46) by the Crown.
In 1375 Catherine of Lancster (age 1), daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 34), was given her own room at Melbourne Castle [Map], and a Castilin attendant.
1415. After the Battle of Agincourt at which John Duke of Bourbon (age 34) was captured Melbourne Castle [Map] served as his prison for nineteen years.
In 1604 Melbourne Castle [Map] and its grounds were bought by Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 17). Between 1610 and 1637 was destroyed and its stones re-used.
Vesta Monumenta. 1733. Plate 1.40 depicts Melbourne Castle [Map]. Engraving by George (age 49) Vertue after a drawing originally produced for a survey of the properties of the Duchy of Lancaster conducted by the Chancellor of the Duchy, Ambrose Cave, in 1561.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Newton Solney, St Mary the Virgin Church [Map]
St Mary the Virgin Church, Newton Solney [Map].
The Church is open Monday to Friday 10.00 am until 4.00 pm everyday.
Recess in the south wall of the tower contains a broken effigy of a knight of c1375. Under the tower, the mid-C13 headless effigy of a knight . Also under the tower a late C14 alabaster effigy of a knight and a monument to Sir Henry Every +1709, erected c1734. By Thomas Carter the elder. Semi-reclining figure in Roman attire, originally with a pyramid behind.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Radbourne [Map]
Around 1499 Eleanor Pole was born to German Pole of Radbourne (age 19) in Radbourne [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Radbourne Hall [Map]
Around 1320 John Chandos was born at Radbourne Hall [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Radbourne, St Andrew's Church [Map]
St Andrew's Church, Radbourne [Map]. Monument to John de la Pole & Wife (1491) Alabaster and German Pole by Grinling Gibbons & Arnold Quellin in 1683. .
On 13 Nov 1850 Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole (age 24) and Anna Caroline Stanhope (age 18) were married at St Andrew's Church, Radbourne [Map]. She the daughter of Leicester FitzGerald Charles Stanhope 5th Earl of Harrington (age 66) and Elizabeth Green Countess Harrington (age 41). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Shardlow [Map]
Around 28 Oct 1364 Ralph Cromwell (age 39) died at West Hallam in Shardlow [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Smisby
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Smisby, St James' Church [Map]
St James' Church, Smisby [Map].
The church is normally kept locked but can be opened up by arrangement.
An alabaster slab in the west wall bears the figure of a lady: her hands are clasped on her breast and her feet rest on two small dogs The inscription is in Norman-French, a portion of the date and a few words are wholly illegible. On the north wall of the chancel is the monument of Henry Kendall and his wife, dated 1627.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Swarkestone Bridge [Map]
The River Trent rises on Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire [Map] and flows, in a great horseshoe through, or near, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Stone, Staffordshire [Map], Essex Bridge [Map], Bishton Hall, Staffordshire [Map], Colwich, Staffordshire [Map] passing St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich [Map], Rugeley, Staffordshire [Map], Kings Bromley, Staffordshire [Map], Alrewas, Staffordshire [Map], Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Newton Solney [Map], Repton [Map], under Swarkestone Bridge [Map], Sawley [Map], Nottingham [Map], Holme Pierrepoint [Map], Stoke Ferry Shelford [Map], under Gunthorpe Bridge [Map], past Gunthorpe Lock [Map], Hoveringham Nottingham [Map], Newark on Trent [Map], Knaith [Map], Dunham Bridge [Map], Sutton on Trent [Map], the Isle of Axholme [Map] and Gainsborough [Map] before joining the Humber Estuary at Trent Falls [Map].
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Ticknall
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Ticknall, Calke Abbey [Map]
Before 28 May 1745 Johnathan "The Elder" Richardson (age 78). Portrait of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 48). Calke Abbey [Map].
On 01 Jan 1844 George Crewe 8th Baronet (age 48) died at Calke Abbey [Map]. His son John Harpur Crewe 9th Baronet (age 20) succeeded 9th Baronet Harpur of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire.
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Whitwell
Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, South Derbyshire, Whitwell, Church of St Lawrence [Map]
On 17 Jul 1632 Roger Manners died. He was buried at Church of St Lawrence, Whitwell [Map].
