AlkmontonExtract from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.Transcribed by Mel Lockie, © Copyright 2010 Lewis Topographical Dictionaries ALKMONTON, a township in the parish of LONGFORD, hundred of APPLETREE, county of DERBY, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Ashbourn, containing 81 inhabitants. There was anciently an hospital, dedicated to St. Leonard, between this place and Hungry-Bentley, in the same parish, to which Walter Blount, Lord Mountjoy, was a benefactor, in 1474. BENTLEY (HUNGRY), a liberty in the parish of LONGFORD, hundred of APPLETREE, county of DERBY, 5 miles (S.) from Ashbourn, containing 88 inhabitants. Here was formerly a chapel, long since demolished. |
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