Alton
Alton is a very small village in Derbyshire, England. Alton is in the civil parish of Ashover, and is around 2 miles away from Clay Cross although it is not part of the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Derbyshire, England
- Also known as: “Alton, Derbyshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Ashover and St Bartholomew’s Church, Clay Cross.
All Saints’ Church, Ashover
Church
Photo: Tony Hawes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints’ Church, Ashover is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ashover, Derbyshire.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Clay Cross
Church
Photo: Phil Sangwell, CC BY 2.0.
St Bartholomew's Church, Clay Cross is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Clay Cross, Derbyshire. St Bartholomew’s Church, Clay Cross is situated 2 miles east of Alton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Littlemoor and Rattle.
Littlemoor
Village
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlemoor is a village south of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in the civil parish of Ashover. It is the closest village to Ashover Rock. Every year near Christmas, carol singing takes place in the village green.
Rattle
Hamlet
Rattle is a hamlet in the English county of Derbyshire. It is part of the village of Ashover. This portion of the village, also known as The Rattle, was the centre of stocking frame working in Ashover and probably derives its name from the noise made by the machines.
Ashover
Village
Photo: Mark Shirley, CC BY 2.0.
Ashover is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,905, increasing to 1,959 for the 2021 census.
Alton
- Category: locality
- Location: Ashover, North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.17359° or 53° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.45917° or 1° 27′ 33″ westElevation
781 feet (238 metres)Open location code
9C5W5GFR+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 29389170OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Alton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Alton”
- French: “Alton”
- Irish: “Alton”
- Polish: “Alton”
- Urdu: “الٹن، ڈربیشائر”
- Welsh: “Alton, Swydd Derby”
- Welsh: “Alton”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alton”. Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.