Arleston
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- Arleston is also a suburb of Telford, Shropshire, located near the larger suburb of Wellington.
| Arleston | |
 The canal at Arleston[1] |
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| Population | 32 |
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| OS grid reference | SK336295 |
| District | South Derbyshire |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE73 |
| Dialling code | 01332 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | South Derbyshire |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
Arleston is a hamlet to the south of the city of Derby in England. Its population is 32 and it is merely 16 houses clustered together surrounded by farmland, 7 of which lie around Arleston Farm to the north of the settlement and the remaining 9 to the south of the settlement in the vicinity of Arleston House. These 9 include Merrybower Farm and the 3 Merrybower Cottages historically associated with the farm.
Arleston (then Elsetune) is mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers[2] and being worth forty shillings[3]. In the past monks from the Knights Hospitallers are reported[4] to have had a house here where they administered charity work at the local ferry crossing.
Arleston Lane, a road heading south through Sinfin and Stenson Fields, narrows to become a single track which leads off into the countryside, passing over the A50 on a narrow bridge. A small road leads off the left of Arleston Lane, leading to Arleston Farm and its surrounding houses before continuing to a major road about 0.75 miles away near the Ragley Boat Stop inn. Arleston Lane continues south towards Arleston House and its surrounding buildings, then over the Trent & Mersey canal and railway to Merrybower Farm and its cottages which lie at the southernmost extent of the hamlet. There is no public transport in Arleston.
[edit] References
- ^ Picture from Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Doveridge, Breaston, Duffield and Hartshorne.
- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.750
- ^ 'The Church of St Andrew Twyford' An eight page brochure published by the church. Available May 2007
