Alvaston Hall Derby

[suelesterry]

Hi Paul
I`d love to see your photos. I have quite a lot of information whic hI`m happy to exchange.
I`ve also done a bit of a family tree on Ancestry.co.uk I`ve not come across any Tomlinsons though but will keep looking. Do you know any details of your paternal grandparents
Sue

[JudyF]

Hi Sue,
Alvaston hall was built by the Allestrey, (Allestree) family. The earliest Allestrey was a serf on the lands belonging to Darley Abbey, 12th century I seem to remember. He was given his freedom and some land by the Abbot. The land was in the Mackworth area. Over the centuries, they became a very successful family and very wealthy, becoming right hand men to Charles 1st. They built Alvaston Hall in the Old Hall Road area. They were dispossessed after the civil war and those still in Derby became small or tenant farmers in the Smalley/Morley area. There is a memorial to some of them in the Cathedral. Local historian Maxwell Craven has done a huge amount of research on the family and the library holds copies. In one of the books is a photo of the hall, taken in 1937, not long before the house was demolished
I am related to them through my maternal great x 3 grandfather, who ended his days in Derby workhouse. Back to the start again. Hopes this helps.

[suelesterry]

Hi Judy
Thanks for the information. I haven`t got much on the early history of the hall. I have been contacted by a few people with knowledge of the Hal just before it was demolished. The photo you mentioned seems to be the only one in existence.
I have managed with the help of others to draw up a family tree of some of the Hall inhabitants.
Regards
Sue

[spendlove]

Hi,

There is a photograph of the Hall on "Picture the past" at

http://www.picturethepast.org.uk

Click on "Search the Images" box,
enter Alvaston Hall, you get 3 results the item you want is DRBY001598, if you click on the
circle you get the picture if you then zoom image you will get a short history of the hall.

This image is from  the Libraries and Museums of Derbyshire collection.

Spendlove

[suelesterry]

Hi
Thanks for the information. Unfortunately the photo on picture the past is one I have already. I think it is the only one in existence.
The information is interesting. The actual street build on the site is Old Hall Avenue not Road. I have made contact with a couple of people that actually lived in the Hall after the Smith family left it and before it was sold to developers. I have little on the early history of the Hall though
Kind Regards
Sue