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Aspley is a council estate and a ward of the city of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It is located within the boundaries of Nottingham City Council. The ward is located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Nottingham City Centre and is located only 1.6 miles west of Junction 26 of the M1. It lies south of Bulwell, west of Basford and is north of Bilborough. The principal road in the ward is the A610. At the 2001 Census the ward had a population of 15,689. For a number of centuries the ward consisted of just a number of small settlements and was home to both Broxtowe and Aspley Hall, the latter home to the Willoughby family for a number of generations. In the early 20th century Nottingham City Council, after a number of purchase orders developed the area into a large housing estate. The ward contains three housing estates which consist of Aspley, Broxtowe (not to be confused with the borough Broxtowe) and Bells Lane estate. Aspley has a number of shops, a local library and transport links (by bus) with Nottingham City Centre and surrounding areas. ==History== The earliest recording of the area is as 'Aspeleia' in 1108, derived from a word relating to Aspen trees.〔http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=23983&p=0〕 Originally known as 'Asshelepley Halle', Aspley Hall was constructed in or prior to the 16th century. The hall's original purpose was to house monks from nearby Lenton who had been removed from their previous dwellings due to the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538. From then on the hall fell into various hands, most notably into the possession of the wealthy Willoughby family, who also owned the nearby Wollaton Hall. The Willoughby family continued to manage the hall until 1925 until which the property was sold to Alderman G. E. Taylor.〔http://nottshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/nuthall-temple-and-aspley-hall.html〕 After Taylor's death in 1965, the hall fell into disrepair and was eventually demolished in 1968 and replaced with a number of detached houses. Until its demolition in 1937, Broxtowe Hall was situated on the present day site of Broxtowe Lane. Broxtowe takes its name from Brocul, who in ancient times was the holder of the "stoe," or place, and it was made one of the six wapentakes of Nottinghamshire when King Alfred divided England into its present counties. The earliest mention of Broxtowe Hall dates back to the 11th century in which gifts from Gilbert, son of Eustachius de Broculstowe were sent to Lenton Priory. Centuries later the Arctic voyager Sir Hugh Willoughby took up residency of the property. In 1590 the hall fell into the possession of the joint founder of the General Baptist denomination, Thomas Helwys, primarily serving as a centre for Puritans of the region, Broxtowe Hall become a refuge for separatists such as John Smyth who would later become a close friend of Helwys. During the English Civil War it saw action as a stronghold for Parliament and was commanded by the young Captain Thornhagh who after an attack on Shelford Hall was left fatally wounded by a bullet. On the other-hand Aspley Hall (connected to Broxtowe Lane by Aspley Lane, a distance of just 0.9 miles) was garrisoned for King Charles I by the Willoughby family.〔http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/villagepacks/broxtowehall.htm〕 Many years prior to and sometime after the construction of the housing estates in the area, stood The Mineral Railway. The railway, ran from the west side of Nuthall Road and across to the other side of Aspley Lane, its main purpose was to carry goods and supplies to and from the local Cinderhill Colliery. Adjacent to the Bilborough, Basford and Leen Valley wards, development of the ward began in the 1920s as part of an initiative by the local council to clear inner city slums.〔http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/022_2009WEB.pdf〕 Beginning with the purchase of land to the west of Old Basford in 1928, construction was temporarily halted due to the outbreak of World War II, however, development of the ward finally resumed with the conclusion of the war, being completed shortly thereafter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aspley, Nottingham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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