Map sources for Chellaston at grid reference SK379301

Chellaston is a suburb of the City of Derby, which is located in the East Midlands in England in the United Kingdom. It is on a natural hill, and has recently expanded due to new housing estates. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Hills redirects here. ...

The suburb lies about five miles south of Derby city centre, and is the southern-most part of the city. “Suburbia” redirects here. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ...

Chellaston's Beginnings

Chellaston was a separate village and was worth three shillings when the king gave it to Henry de Ferrers in the eleventh century^[1]. Henry de Ferrers (aka Henri de Ferrières) was a Norman soldier who took part in the conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings of 1066 and, in consequence, was rewarded with much land in the subdued nation. ...

Chellaston's biggest claim to fame is that it was once one of the largest producers of mined alabaster in the United Kingdom. However, this is no longer the case. The remains of Chellaston's pits can be found at the bottom of Pit Close Lane and Woodgate Drive, and the site is now popular with BMX bikers and teenagers, the majority of the pits now being used for landfill. A modern uplighter lamp made completely from Italian alabaster (white and brown types). ... A BMX race. ... Teenagers is the fourth single and eleventh track from My Chemical Romances third studio album, The Black Parade. ...

Facilities

Chellaston has a Co-op supermarket on the corner of High Street and Derby Road. The Post Office is located on Derby Road near Station Road, next to Chellaston Garage (a small car repair business), a Chinese Restaurant (which used to be a petrol filling station) and the Tesco Express. For other uses, see Coop. ... Packaged food aisles in a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon A supermarket is a departmentalized self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ...

There are four schools; Chellaston Infants School on School Lane, Chellaston Junior School on Maple Drive, Homefields Primary School on Parkway and Chellaston School (senior school and 6th form college) on Swarkestone Road. Chellaston School's catchment area includes the nearby villages of Melbourne, Aston-on-Trent, Ticknall, Barrow upon Trent and Weston-on-Trent. Chellaston Foundation School and Technology College currently has over 1700 pupils and is currently facing problems with families who move to Chellaston wanting their children to go there. The school is not able to accept many of the applications. This problem has recently increased due to the Local Education Authority's recent changes to the system.^{[citation needed]} Students in Rome, Italy. ... In human geography: a catchment area is the area and population from which a city or individual service attracts visitors or customers. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Map sources for Aston-on-Trent at grid reference SK415295 Aston-on-Trent is a Derbyshire village, situated in the English East Midlands, near Derby. ... Ticknall is a small, attractive and peaceful place South Derbyshire. ... Barrow upon Trent is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. ... Weston-on-Trent is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire. ...

There are three churches in Chellaston. The sky-dominating St. Peter's Church (Church of England) on St. Peter's Road, the Methodist Church on High Street and the Sherwin Centre Catholic Church on Swarkestone Road next to Chellaston School. The three churches have a good relationship, and put on a joint service every Christmas. This article is about the Christian buildings of worship. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[3] in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communions thirty-eight independent national churches. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ...

In terms of pubs, Chellaston has seven, if you include the bars at the Lawns Hotel, Chellaston Bowls Club and the British Legion on High Street. The others are: the Red Lion, the Corner Pin, the Rose and Crown, and The Bonnie Prince. However, the Red Lion closed in late 2007. A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ...

The fairly-new Chellaston Park on Snelsmoor Lane includes a children's playground, football pitches, a cricket pitch and changing facilities. There is also a children's playground next to the recently extended Chellaston Community Centre, which is situated on Barley Croft, off High Street. Combination playground structure for small children; slides, climbers (stairs in this case), playhouse A playground is an area designed for children to play freely. ...

The Carnival

Chellaston usually has an annual summer carnival complete with floats, although this did not occur in 2003 as money was instead spent on extending the community centre. This article describes the festival season. ...

Infrastructure

The main road through Chellaston is Derby Road A514, which becomes Swarkestone Road at the crossroads with High Street. For other uses, see Road (disambiguation). ... The A514 road is a road in England. ... A crossroads (the word rarely appears in singular) is a road junction, where two or more roads meet (there are three or more arms). ...

Approximately 1000 new homes are being built to the west of Chellaston, close to the route of the disused and in-filled Derby Canal. The Derby Canal ran 14 miles from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone to the Erewash Canal at Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England. ...

Notable residents

The following notable people came from Chellaston:

• Paul Aldred (former Derbyshire Cricketer)^[2]
• Lee Camp (current Queens Park Rangers and England U-21 goalkeeper)

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References

Coordinates: 52.86705° N 1.43844° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...