Alfreton
Alfreton ( or locally ) is a town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The town was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District. The population of the Alfreton parish was 8,799 at the 2021 Census. The villages of Ironville, Riddings, Somercotes and Swanwick were historically part of the Manor and Urban District, and the population including these was 24,476 in 2001.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Alfreton
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.civil_parish
- Alfreton
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.shire_district
- Amber Valley
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 1.765
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 4.57
- UK place.population
- 24,302
- UK place.population_ref
- (2023)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK414558
- UK place.london_distance_mi
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Alfreton ( or locally ) is a town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The town was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District. The population of the Alfreton parish was 8,799 at the 2021 Census. The villages of Ironville, Riddings, Somercotes and Swanwick were historically part of the Manor and Urban District, and the population including these was 24,476 in 2001.
==History== Alfreton is said to have been founded by King Alfred and to have derived its name from him. The placename appears in different forms throughout the ages, such as 'Elstretune' in Domesday, but the earliest record appears to occur in CE1004 in the will of Wulfric Spott, the founder of Burton Abbey. Amongst his bequests was 'Aelfredingtune', or 'Alfred's farmstead', which is believed to relate to Alfreton. However, there is no evidence that this Alfred was the aforementioned king.