Coton in the Elms

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Coton in the Elms is a village and parish in the English county of Derbyshire. It is located five miles south of Burton upon Trent.

South east of the village – at grid reference SK253144 – is Church Flatts Farm, a claimant to be the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain.[1]. The precise location is Latitude: 52º 43.6'N Longitude: 1º 37.2'W and the nearest point was given as Fosdyke Wash, 113 km (70 miles) away in Lincolnshire.

'Coton Church'.
'Coton Church'[2].
'Shoulder of Mutton'.
'Shoulder of Mutton'[2].

[edit] History

Coton is mentioned over a thousand years ago when land was transferred to Wulfrige the Black in 942.[3] It is also on the salt route known as Walton Way which starts in nearby Walton-on-Trent.[4]

Coton in the Elms is mentioned in the Domesday book where it is then spelt Cotes. The book says [5] under the title of “The lands of the Abbey of Burton[6]

"In Coton in the Elms Ælfgar had two carucates of land to the geld. There is land for three ploughs. Now the abbot has it of the king. There are now one plough in demesne and six villans and three bordars having two ploughs. TRE[7] worth 40 shillings now 30 shillings."

[edit] References


  1. ^ BBC report centre of England
  2. ^ a b Image from Wikimedia Commons June 2007
  3. ^ Derbyshire UK
  4. ^ Salt Ways
  5. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.744
  6. ^ The Abbey of Burton held a considerable number of manors including several in Derbyshire given to it by the King. These included obviously Coton in the Elms, but also included lands in Stapenhill, Caldwell, Mickleover and Appleby Magna.
  7. ^ TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.

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