Alkmonton, Derbyshire

Description
Alkmonton, a township and a village formed in 1849, with the liberty of Hungry Bentley, into a parish called the chapelry district of Alkmonton, in Derbyshire. The township lies 5 miles from Tutbury railway station, and 6 S by E of Ashborne. Post town, Longford, under Derby; telegraph offices, Tutbury and Ashborne. The area of the township is 715 acres; population of the civil parish, 60 ; of the ecclesiastical, 142. A chapel and an hospital were founded here in 1474 by Lord Mountjoy, but are now extinct. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £110 with residence, in the gift of the Evans family, who are lords of the manor and sole landowners. The church, which was thoroughly restored in 1878, is very good.