Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALLESTREE

ALLESTREE, a parish in Belper district, Derby; near Derwent river and the Midland railway, 2 miles N of Derby. Post Town, Derby. Acres, 990. Real property, £3,058 Pop., 529. Houses, 106. The property is divided among a few. The chief residences are Allestree Hall and Markeaton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £54.* Patron, not reported. The church is ancient, contains tombs of the Mundys, and is very good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £32.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Allestree Parish       Belper Poor Law Union/Registration District       Derbyshire Ancient County
Place: Allestree

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.