Aston History – Timeline Of Important Dates

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Doomsday Survey, Manor of Aston belonged to the Ferrars (Ferrariis?)

1086	Aston on Trent is first recorded in the Domesday in the form Acetum, the East farm.
1256	The Abbot of Chester obtained the grant of a weekly market on Tuesdays, a three day Fair on the Feast of St Peter, August 1st.
1649	The mansion and Estates bought by Robert Holden Esq. of Shardlow from the ancient family of Hunts of Aston, and bought that part of Aston that belonged to the Roper family.
1659	Robert Holden died Samuel Holden Squire. Grandson another Robert Holden.
1701	Robert Holden succeeded Samuel Holden-Squire of Aston barrister of the Inner Temple.
1726	Aston Rectory built, with large grounds, venue for Summer Fetes etc. An inventory of that date shows that the Rectory contained 6 bedsteads, 4 feather beds and goods and chattels to the value £388.5s.Od. Rev. Thomas Holden.
1746	Robert Holden dies.
1762	The Tithes of Aston commuted for land.
1781	Chain bridge at Donington Park built by The Earl of Moira. It leads from Kings Mills to Donington Park.
1817	On April 3rd a Census was taken as follows Houses   Persons   Inhabited 133 Male 292 Uninhabited 3 Female 288 Being Built 1 Total absent 6     Strangers 1     Total 587
1829	Methodist Chapel Built.
1837	The old market Cross at Aston was removed.
1837	Parishes of Aston and Shardlow divided.
1841	A LOCKUP was erected for the ‘unruly and drunkards’ of the village It appears to have been called “the Round House” and it may have stood where the entrance to Clarke's Lane now is.
1845	Church of England school built (taken over in 1927 by Derbyshire Education Authority.
1848/ 1863/ 1873/	Restoration work carried out on the church at Aston.
1870	Eight almshouses (four built and two purchased).
1881	On April 26th the Rector raised the subject of an additional burial ground for the parish at a parish meeting.
1881	September 9th. Parish meeting to consider additional burial ground. The following resolution was carried: “That the offer of the Trustees of E.C.S. Holden of a piece of land at a nominal sum for the purpose of a Burial Ground for the Parish be accepted with thanks and also the making of a new Entrance Gate to the Churchyard”.
1884	A special meeting was held when it was heard that steps were being taken to close the Ford through the River Trent at Kings Mills, the Parishioners of Aston strongly protested. A copy of the protest sent to Loughborough District Council.
1884	Probable date of consecration of new burial ground. Grave stones indicate Joseph Joynes was buried in October 1884 and Richard Stevenson, Charles Weld, John Halliday in 1885, Mary Wells in 1886.
1887	June 21st Two oak trees planted at cemetery gates. Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. Older children were given cake to show the ‘the seriousness of the occasion’ and impress the planting on their memory. Consecration of cemetery.
1898	The Hall and Estate sold to Col.Winterbottom from the Holden family.
1917	Lych gate built in memory of rector, the Rev. James Shuttleworth Holden.
1924	Aston Hall (The Manor House) and grounds together with a number of fields in the parish sold to Nottingham Corporation.
1926	Memorial Hall built by donations to the fallen of the 1914-18 war.
1927	Church of England school taken over by Derbyshire Education Authority.
1928	Aston Hall sold to Nottingham Corporation.
1929	W.I. set up in the village. Combined with Weston under the title of The Aston and Weston Women’s Institute.
1931	Earthquake lasting approximately two minutes. Deep rumblings underground. Furniture shook and windows rattled.
1931	Gypsum pits in the area bought by The Derby Brick Co.
1931	Lych Gate erected in memory of Rector (Mr Shuttleworth Holden), rector for 47 years.
1931	June 14th severe tornado ‘of a seventy hitherto associated only with tropical countries’.
1931	Reported consecration of new cemetery.
1934	August. Death of Mrs Ellison wife of the Rector, H.R.L Ellison very active member of the village, first President of the W.I. Served for 5 years, President of the Mothers Union, organiser of garden parties, fetes, well liked by all.
1935	February 25th Church bells removed.
1939	September 3rd Children evacuated from Derby (evacuation officer Mrs. Wells).
1940	January 26th. Following a hard frost on Jan 9th when all pipes were frozen at approx 1.30 on Jan 26th it rained, hailed and it began to snow all in half an hour. By next day Snow laid 3-4ft deep level and drifts were 7-8ft deep, with 27 degrees of frost. For a week no buses ran, and when able to, only via Shardlow, Derby Road being blocked. Full service Feb 28th and on Feb 8th more snow drifting up to the level of the windows along the chapel wall.
1940	August. Enemy bombs fell on Aston. Decoy bad been set up in the fields to divert bombers from Rolls Royce. Hundreds (?) of bombs are said to have fallen in the area of Aston mainly in the fields and on cattle sheds, no one was injured or killed.
1942	Youth Club formed under the chairmanship of Mr Yeomans of Weston on Trent. Age limit 14-21.
1945	May 14th. Meeting held in the Memorial Hall to elect a committee to ‘arrange celebrations for a week of festivities on the cessation of the war in the Far East.’ Mr Astle chairman. The committee would be known as The Peace Celebration Committee (PCC).
1945	May 17th. PCC committee met in the band room when and Entertainments Committee was formed and numerous suggestions were made as to what form the celebrations should take and what events both sporting and social should take place during the celebrations. Further committee meetings took place in June July and August culminating in a programme of events including a service on the village square (band room if raining), dancing to the Aston Silver Band, community singing, dancing in the Memorial Hall on various days of the celebration week, comic football games a bonfire, an outing to Matlock for those villagers over 65 followed by tea in the Memorial Hall, a whist drive, a fancy dress carnival dance and a combined open air thanksgiving service on the village square. In Sept at a meeting of the PCC the Treasurer stated that some ‘58 approx remained in the fund and it was resolved that presentation spoons should be bought engraved ASTON-ON-TRENT 1945 and presented to the children of the village who were 14 years of age up to 14 august 1945’. It appears there were certain difficulties in obtaining these spoons due to cost and wartime restrictions and as far as can be traced the actual presentation of the spoons did not take place until the end of May or early June 1947.
1965/70(?)	The Brickyard closed. The brickyard became a refuse or waste tip. Later the area was covered by soil and trees were planted, partially paid for by the villagers of Aston. A Conservation area was built under the control of the Derbyshire County Council and a section was wired off, more trees were planted by the Council, this area was allowed to grow wild as a haven for wild flowers, animals and birds.
1967	Wesleyan Methodist Church replaced by what you see today.
1988	SAVE – Save Aston Village Environment. Committee formed. Meeting at the Village school July 8 with a large number of the villagers (hall full, many outside looking through the windows). Committee formed to fight certain aspects of, proposed new road which was to pass close to the village.
1991	Blue Star Estates submitted an application for a ‘Service Station’ on the A564 (A50) to D.C.C to be sited near Aston, between Moorside farm and Manor farm near Grove Hospital (A6) and adjacent to Aston lane as is in 1991. Access to the Service Station to be from the A564 and to provide Fuel, Restaurant facilities HGV (lorry) park, Lodge with 50 bedrooms, parking for 120 cars, and public toilet facilities. The site to cover 23.5 acres (9.5 hectares) At this time the application was not granted on the grounds that as the route of the proposed A564 had not been decided planning permission could not be given.
1991	Public Enquiry held in Derby related to the construction of new road known generally as the M5-M1 link which would pass close to Aston. Ministry road number A564 (A50). Stoke-Derby Link 1991 Findings of the public enquiry made known. Route of road to be past the North end of Aston, near Fox Covert Farm across Aston Moor close to Shardlow and on to a new junction atthe roundabout for Castle Donington/Long Eaton/M1. An Island was to be built behind the Brickyard plantation providing a junction for the Derby Spur which would pass near Elvaston Castle, behind the outskirts of Alvaston and eventually join Derby ring road at a new island at Alvaston and the A52 Notts-Derby Road. Expected completion of this part of the A564 would be sometime in 1996.
1995	First work starts on the A564 (A50) to be known locally as the Derby Southern Bypass, Derby Spur and Junctions, with survey teams arriving, fencing being erected along the borders of the proposed road and fencing being erected along the line of the new route for Derby Road between the entrance to Fox Covert Farm and the A6. At this date it is not clear where the re-routed Derby Road will rejoin its old way but will probably be the Aston side of the Gas distribution pipe area. At the same time many hedges were torn up and left lying in the fields. The explanation for this being that removal of the hedges atthis time would prevent birds nesting in the bushes and save unnecessary cruelty to the birds if the hedges were removed a later date as work on the bypass progresses.
1995	March. A further exhibition of the proposed work by the contracting agents for the new road was held in the village hall. Copies of the routes to taken and details of the work needed was provided in a ‘glossy’ brochure.
1995	April/May. Earth moving machines arrived. Traffic light erected on Derby road and Aston Lane to control traffic on these roads and the line of the new road was gouged out of the land. Many heavy vehicles, diggers, scrapers, giant lories were brought and hundreds of tons of soil was moved around. At the same time work started on the new island on the A6 just beyond the edge of the woods at Elvaston Castle grounds to provide the link between the new road A564 (A50) and the A6 which would be somewhere behind Aston Hill (plantation) cutting across Snelsmoor Lane to the A6. Due to the crossing of Derby Road and Aston Lane by the earth moving equipment new traffic lights were erected causing considerable difficulty to the residents, and during wet weather mud deposited by the crossing vehicles was carried right into the village.
1995	October. Bridging work commenced on Derby road and preparations for the bridging on Aston Lane began.
1997	September 5th (a Friday). The A564 (A50) opened to traffic (after a number of false starts).
2002	ACORN (Aston Community (Communication) Organisations Reviews and News, a quarterly news letter first published.
2002	Aston won the (Derbyshire Rural Community Council) Large village of the Year award.
2004	Aston won the (Derbyshire Rural Community Council) Large village of the Year award.
2005	Aston Village (Parish) Plan was published.
2006	Aston’s new War Memorial Hall opens.