Alstonefield (alternative spelling: Alstonfield) is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park and the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England about 7 miles (11 km) north of Ashbourne, 10 miles (16 km) east of Leek and 16 miles (26 km) south of Buxton. The parish had a population of 274 according to the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 304 at the 2011 census.[2]
The village has two pubs; The George and The Watts Russell Arms.
The civil parish also contains the hamlets of Hopedale, Stanshope and Milldale.
In Wilson's 1870–1872 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, the spellings Allstonefield and Allstonfield were used.[3]
The poet and writer Charles Cotton (28 April 1630 – 16 February 1687), best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French, for his contributions to The Compleat Angler and for the influential The Compleat Gamester, was born in the village.
^"2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Alstonefield CP (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
^UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Alstonefield Parish (1170218471)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^"Alstonfield through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
Alstonefield (alternative spelling: Alstonfield) is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park and the Staffordshire Moorlands district...
Alstonefield is a civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It contains 56 listed buildings that are recorded in...
medieval period when silks and flax were transported from nearby Wetton and Alstonefield. Tourism started in the 18th century, and Dovedale is now one of the...
caution against first registration caused houses to stop selling in Alstonefield after Mark Roberts, a businessman from Wales also previously involved...
influential The Compleat Gamester attributed to him. He was born in Alstonefield, Staffordshire, at Beresford Hall, near the Derbyshire Peak District...
Labrador In the United Kingdom: Hopedale, a hamlet within the parish of Alstonefield, Staffordshire In the United States: Hopedale, Illinois Hopedale, Massachusetts...
Elkstones, Flash, Warslow and Longnor (all in the ancient parish of Alstonefield), Calton, extending into the parishes of Blore, Croxden, Mayfield and...
has a parish meeting rather than a parish council. The parishes are: Alstonefield Alton Bagnall Biddulph Blore with Swinscoe Bradnop Brown Edge Butterton...
and other outlets locally and national. Warslow is recorded as part of Alstonefield manor in the 1086 Domesday Book. In 1327, fourteen tax payers (property...
Staffordshire Listed buildings in Alton, Staffordshire Listed buildings in Alstonefield Listed buildings in Bagnall, Staffordshire Listed buildings in Biddulph...
le Dale railway station was opened in 1899 near Alsop en le Dale and Alstonefield, villages in Derbyshire southeast of Buxton. It was on the Ashbourne...
Stafford Anglo-Scandinavian cross fragment, St Peter's churchyard Cross Alstonefield, Staffordshire Moorlands Anglo-Scandinavian cross, Church of the Holy...
England. Retrieved 5 April 2020. Historic England. "Viators Bridge, Alstonefield (Grade II) (1203573)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved...
Society. In about 1850 Beresford Hope inherited the Beresford estate in Alstonefield and Sheen in Staffordshire. He wanted to make Sheen "the Athens of the...
unitary authorities of Wales YHA All Stretton YHA Alnwick YHA Alston "Alstonefield Camping Barn formerly part of the YHA". YHA Ambleside YHA Bath YHA Beer...
elegies for the poet Douglas Oliver The Dance at Mociu (Shearsman, 2003) Alstonefield: a poem (Carcanet, 2003) The Day's Final Balance: uncollected writings...
within the Peak District national park, and touches the parishes of Alstonefield, Hartington Nether Quarter, Newton Grange and Parwich. There are five...
notably Wye Dale and adjacent Woo Dale and also in the Peak Forest and Alstonefield areas. At the small outcrop where Woo Dale joins Wye Dale, east of Buxton...
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