Chellaston
Chellaston is a suburb of the City of Derby, which is located in the East Midlands in England in the United Kingdom. It is on a natural hill, and has recently expanded due to new housing estates.
The suburb lies about five miles south of Derby city centre, and is the southern-most part of the city.
Chellaston's Beginnings
Chellaston was a separate village and was worth three shillings when the king gave it to Henry de Ferrers in the eleventh century[1].
Chellaston's biggest claim to fame is that it was once one of the largest producers of mined alabaster in the United Kingdom which was used to produce Nottingham Alabaster. However, this is no longer the case. The remains of Chellaston's pits can be found at the bottom of Pit Close Lane and Woodgate Drive, and the site is now popular with BMX bikers and teenagers.
Facilities
Chellaston has a Co-op supermarket on the corner of High Street and Derby Road. The Post Office is located on Derby Road near Station Road, next to Chellaston Garage (a small car repair business), a Chinese Restaurant (which used to be a petrol filling station) and the Tesco Express.
There are four schools; Chellaston Infants School on School Lane, Chellaston Junior School on Maple Drive, Homefields Primary School on Parkway and Chellaston School (senior school and 6th form college) on Swarkestone Road. Chellaston School's catchment area includes the nearby villages of Melbourne, Aston-on-Trent, Ticknall, Barrow upon Trent and Weston-on-Trent. Chellaston Foundation School and Technology College currently has over 1700 pupils and is currently facing problems with families who move to Chellaston wanting their children to go there. The school is not able to accept many of the applications. This problem has recently increased due to the Local Education Authority's recent changes to the system. [citation needed]
Chellaston has six pubs, if you include the bars at the Lawns Hotel, Chellaston Bowls Club and the British Legion on High Street. The others are: the Corner Pin, the Rose and Crown, and The Bonnie Prince.
The fairly-new Chellaston Park on Snelsmoor Lane includes a children's playground, football pitches, a cricket pitch and changing facilities. There is also a children's playground next to the recently extended Chellaston Community Centre, which is situated on Barley Croft, off High Street. A local public library is expected to be built somewhere in the vicinity of the community centre.
Places of Worship
There are three churches in Chellaston. The sky-dominating St. Peter's Church (Church of England) on St. Peter's Road, the Methodist Church on High Street and St. Ralph Sherwin Church Catholic on Swarkestone Road next to Chellaston School. The three churches have a signed an ecumenical covanent together, and hold a joint service every month.
Flowers
Chellaston Beauty is a tulip with a white base and variegated tips in near black. The flower was developed in the early 1850s.[2] Illustrated by Andrew Jet & Lance, and printed by C. Chabot. [3]
The Carnival
Chellaston used to host an annual summer carnival complete with floats.
Infrastructure
The main road through Chellaston is Derby Road A514, which becomes Swarkestone Road at the crossroads with High Street.
Approximately 1000 new homes have been built to the west of Chellaston, close to the route of the disused and in-filled Derby Canal.
Notable residents
The following notable people came from Chellaston:
- Paul Aldred (former Derbyshire Cricketer)[4]
- Georgia Groome (Actress that has starred in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging)
References
- ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.748-9
- ^ The Florist and Garden Miscellany, 1851
- ^ [http://books.google.com/books?id=NnoFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA227&lpg=RA2-PA227&dq=chellaston+tulip&source=web&ots=qZJ0ISAmtL&sig=lyctSaMeH_0mHI3_1mWFdhh_Lqc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer, 1881
- ^ Paul Aldred at Cricket Info