Dates in Astons' History
ASTON ON TRENT
DATES OF IMPORTANCE IN THE HISTORY OF ASTON-ON-TRENT (Time Line)
(Sazon’Aestune’)
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 3 day Fair on the Feast of St Peter, Aug 1st |
| 1649 | The mansion & 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 Samual Holden Squire. Grandson another Robert Holden |
| 1701 | Robert Holden, succeeded Samual 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 beadsteads, 4 feather beds and goods and chattels to the value £388.5s.Od. Rev. Thomas Holden. (see file on RECTORY & file CHURCH) |
| 1746 | Robert Holden died |
| 1762 | The Tithes of Aston commuted for land |
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1781 |
(NOT RELEVANT) Chain bridge at Donington Park built by The Earl of Moira. 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 & Shardlow divided. |
| 1841 | A LOCKUP was erected for the ‘unruly & drunkards’ of the village It appears to have been called “the Round House” and it must have stood where the entrance to Clarkes Lane now is. |
| 1845 | Church of England school built (taken over in 1927 by Derbyshire Education Authority. 1885 give in recent history ref??? |
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1848) 1863) 1873) |
Restoration work 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 |
Sept 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. |
| 1884 |
Probable date of consecration of new burial ground. Grave stones indicate Joseph Joynes was buried in Oct 1884 & Richard Stevenson, Charles Weld, Jobn 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 (??) when |
| 1898 | The Hall & Estate sold to Col. Winterbottorn from the Holden family. |
| 1917 | Lych gate built in memory of rector, the rev. James Shuttlewouth Holden. |
| 1924 | Aston Hall (The Manor House) and grounds together with a number of fields in the parish sold to Nottingham Corp. |
| 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 Womens Institute. |
| 1931 | Earthquake lasting approx 2mins. Deep rumblings underground. Furniture shook & 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 ???????? seems unlikely |
| 1934 | Aug. Death of Mrs Ellison wife of the Rector, H.R.L Ellison very active member of the village, 1st President of the W.I. Served for 5 years, President of the Mothers Union, organiser of garden parties, fetes, well liked by all. |
| 1935 | Feb 25 Church bells removed (see CHURCH file) |
| 1939 | Sept 3 Children evacuated from Derby (evacuation officer Mrs. Wells) |
| 1940 | JAN 26 Following a hard frost on Jan 9th when all pipes were frozen at approx 1-30 on Jan 26th it rained, hailed and the began to snow all in half an hour. By next day Snow lay 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 28thand on Feb 8th more snow drifting up to the level of the windows along the chapel wall. |
| 1940 | Aug. 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 & 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 | 14th May 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 |
On the 17th of May 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 & 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 of 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 & Manor farm near Grove Hospital (A6). and adjacent to Aston lane as is 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. 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 at the 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 to be known locally as the DERBY FEB SOUTHERN BYPASS 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 C. 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 at this 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. |
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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 (A514) 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 |
Oct Bridging work commenced on Derby road and preparations for the bridging on Aston Lane began. |
| 1997 | SEPT 5th (a Friday) THE A514 OPENED TO TRAFFIC!!! (after a number of false starts) |
| 2002 | ACORN (Aston Community (Communication) Organisations Reviews & News 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 |