A fire in Medieval times burnt down the church and all but four of the houses, the fire started in the malt house, there was one fatality, Henry Penk who was burnt to death. It took almost 50 years to rebuild Spondon after this fire.
In 1968 Spondon was absorbed into the city of Derby, although many residents still regard Spondon as a village and St Werburgh's Church is still probably Spondon's most prominent landmark, dating from the 14th Century the church stands 114 feet high, and is visible from far a field.

St Werburgh's is on the left as you travel up the A52 (Borrowash By-Pass) towards Nottingham, this recent bypass had the effect of cutting the village into two.
The Church that was rebuilt after the fire dates from the 14th century, and there are houses dating from the 16th century onwards.

In the 18th century a number of large houses were built, when Spondon became a fashionable place to live away from the industrial town of Derby, the most notable being 'The Homestead' which is a magnificent grade 1 listed building.

The oldest and most interesting sections lie north of this road which includes the Church and village itself with Locko Park, the home of a local land-owning family, the Drury-Lowes.

In addition to its Church and Methodist Chapel, Spondon has its own railway station on the Nottingham-Derby line and its own cricket team who undoubtedly take advantage of the wide range of comfortable and interesting pubs to be found in and around the village. The picture on the left shows a stone trough that is set into the wall near to the church, the picture above left shows a little window on the church, this is thought to be the leper viewing window

The Homestead
A magnificent 1745 grade 1 listed building, on Sitwell Street

The Prince of Wales

The traffic island with the junction of Lodge Lane, Station Road and Nottingham Road in 2001, above left you can see "Raj of Spondon" corner store and above right was the piece of land adjacent to the British Telecom works.

On the left we can see the old Spondon Caravan site, all now occupied by houses.