Ambaston

infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=Farmhouse at Ambaston.
latitude= 52.889
longitude=-1.366
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name =Ambaston
population =
shire_district= South Derbyshire
shire_county= Derbyshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster=
post_town= DERBY
postcode_district = DE72
postcode_area= DE
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SK427325

Ambaston is a village in Derbyshire, England.

History

In 1086, the Domesday book says

”The land of Geoffrey Alselin In Alvaston and Ambaston Thulston and Elvaston Toki had ten of land to the geld. There Geoffrey AlselinGeoffrey Alselin held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to him by the King. These included obviously Ambaston, Elvaston, Alvaston and Thulston, but also land in Etwall, Ednaston, Hulland, Egginton, Breaston and Ockbrook] has now two ploughs in ; and a certain knight of his one plough. There 32 have 15 ploughs. There is one priest and a church and a mill rendering 12 shillings and one smith and 52 acres of meadow and a little scrubland. TRETRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.] worth twelve pounds now ten pounds"Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration". London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.750] . “

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