ALLESTREE, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"ALLESTREE, (or Allestrey) a parish in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, in the county of Derby, 2 miles to the N. of Derby. It lies near the Midland railway and the river Derwent. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £54. The church, which is ancient, and has a tower, contains some monuments of the Mundys of Allseley Hall and Markeaton, and is dedicated to St. Andrew. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel here. The charities, including the income from church lands, amount to £32. This parish is part of the duchy of Lancaster."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]