Allestree
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The origin of the name Allestree is Norse and means “Adelard’s Dwelling” (Nothing is known who Adelard actually was). The village is described in the Domesday Book as Adelardestreu, and was given to Henry de Ferres as a reward for his work on the book. Allestree later passed into the hands of the Touchets, an important Norman family, but in 1516 it was purchased by John Mundy, who later became the Lord Mayor of London. The Mundy’s owned much of the area until it was sold by them to the Evans family in 1781. The parish of Allestree was incorporated into the Borough of Derby in 1968.

Factoids

• Allestree became a suburb of Derby in 1968
• The yew tree in St. Edmund's Church yard is reputed to be 1000 years old
• The last farmer in Allestree finished work in 1990
• Allestree Juniors Football Club is the largest in the Derby City league
• The new Woodlands Evangelical Church opened in 2002
• Sir Alan Bates was born in Allestree on 17th February 1934

Both these mileposts indicate two miles to Derby, the left one can be found on Kedleston Road opposite the Markeaton Hotel while the one on the right can be found on Duffield Road outside the Methodist Church

Yew Tree Cottage on the left, a grade II listed building on Cornhill which dates from the 17^th century, it is the only thatched building in the area, the Old School House is next door and dates from the early 19^th Century

The Church of St Edmund, which dates from the 12^th century, However, the nave was largely rebuilt in the 1860, and all that remains is the south doorway, which is in the distinctive Romanesque style. The west tower is Medieval, dating from the 14th century. It is built from local grit stone and is famous locally for its Norman doorway, bearing an unusual zigzag and bird motif. The 1st World War memorial is shown below left, and Church Walk can been seen below right.

There are numerous alleys around the Cornhill area, opposite is the one that leads to the A6 next to the Petrol Station, below is Siddals Lane leading to a tucked away cottage, hard to imagine this view is in Allestree, and could quite easily pass as one in the Peak somewhere?

There are references of prehistoric tracks in the area, one is Portway which was probably the main thoroughfare of Cornhill which now meets the main A6 just outside the village.

Various house and cottages on Cornhill are shown below, the cottage below right dates from the 16^th Century but has been extensively modernised and altered over the years

On the left we have Walnut Tree Cottage, and on the right we have the Old Forge, it is the second cottage up at the far end

The old grade II listed communal water pump, dating from the early 1800's, the pump is made from cast iron and framed in timber, the trough is made from local stone

The limes, Allestree's oldest building dating back to the 16^th century and built in the cruck style, although most of what we see is 19^th century, this is all that remains of a farm complex.

Allestree Old Peoples Welfare Evergreen Club on the left and on the right is the Memorial Hall

On the right we have the Allestree Methodist Church on Duffield Road and below right we have the Red Cow Public House which is next to the church, the building  dates from the 17^th Century. There have been a number of alterations to it, but it still retains much of its character. It is reputed that Dorothy Vernon and Lord John Manners stayed here on the first night of their elopement. The Cottages below left are on the other side of the Church

These Cottages are all to be found on Robin Croft Road, the building below right is the Former Primary School, built in the late nineteenth century in the Jacobean style out of red brick and tile, stone plinths, stone details to the door cases and mullioned windows, it is now a private home.

A lovely Cottage Garden on the right which belongs to the Cottage on the far right of the block of four shown here on the left

Hollies Farm on Robincroft Road.
The main farm house, barns and pigsty have now all been converted into this group of homes, the picture on the right is the courtyard, the pictures below left show the old barn, fronting Robincroft Road and the pictures below right show the old pigsty, which is a grade II listed building

Allestree Hall left with commanding views across the golf course, lake and park

This mysterious looking bunker was in fact an ice room, despite it looking like a WW2 air raid bunker, the ice was packed into the storage room to keep the produce fresh, this was sited near to the Victorian walled garden, it has now been filled in. Various pictures of the park and lake are shown below

Peter Gadsby's home on Burley Hill, towering above all the other house's, which used to look over the farm and fields. The farm was once a listed building but somehow this monstrosity was allowed to be built in it's place

Just on the outskirts of Allestree,  The Jonty Farmer on Kedleston Road, named after the farmer who once farmed there.