Hognaston - by Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817

Transcription by Barbarann AYARS © 2001
[Lyson's Magna Britannia Vol 5: Derbyshire, page 14]

The parochial chapelry of Hognaston lies about six miles north-east of Ashborne. Hognaston was parcel of the ancient demesnes of the crown as a hamlet of Ashborne, and was included in the grants to William Earl of Derby, and Edmund Earl of Lancaster.The manor of Wirksworth, or Holands, belonging to Philip Gell, Esq., M.P., extends into this township. Mr. Gell possesses also a freehold estate here, which, in the reign of Edward I, was conveyed by Richard Spernicotes to Henry de Hopton, given by his son Roger to the abbey of Rocester [not Rochester ..transcriber's note] in Staffordshire, and granted by Henry VIII, in 1546 to Ralph Gell (these are the Gells into which the Eyres married and for at least one generation, used the name of Gell) Several copyhold estates at Hognaston are held under the duchy manor of Wirksworth.

The parochail chapel at Hognaston is an ancient structure. The minister is appointed by the Dean of Lincoln as rector of Ashborne, and receives out of the rectory an annual pension of 20 nobles.

[From Lysons Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817.
Transcription kindly donated by Barbarann AYARS, 10th Jan 2001]