Etwall

Etwall is located between the A516 bypass and the A50 in south Derbyshire. The A516 draws heavy traffic heading for the M1 north.

The village has its own public library, several schools including a state pre-school,{{cite web |url=http://www.etwallpreschool.org.uk |title=Etwall Pre-School |access-date=12 August 2013}} state primary,{{cite web |url=http://www.etwall.derbyshire.sch.uk |title=Etwall Primary School |access-date=12 August 2013}} an independent day school{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyshirekadampaprimary.org/ |title=Kadampa Independent Primary School |access-date=18 January 2014}} and the large secondary school, John Port Spencer Academy. The parish church is St Helen's. A war memorial is located in the shadow of a memorial tree which was planted in the 1800s.

There is also a Buddhist centre at Ashe Hall established by Kelsang Gyatso.{{cite web |url=http://www.tarakmc.org |title=Tara Kadampa Meditation Centre |access-date=12 August 2013}} Some of the inhabitants work at the Toyota car factory which is located east of the village. The part of the village that is closely adjacent to the A50, and the Toyota Car factory, is separately named as Etwall Common.

The village name comes from Etewelle, meaning "Eatta’s water", Eatta being a 7th-century Saxon leader. Etwall is famous for its well dressing festival every May.{{cite web |url=http://www.well-dressing.co.uk |title=Etwall Well Dressing Association |access-date=12 August 2013}}

The John Port Grammar School opened in 1956, with the Etwall Secondary School on the same site. They combined as the comprehensive John Port School in 1965.

Etwall has numerous amenities including a post office,{{cite web |url=http://www.openinghourspostoffice.co.uk/Post%20Office%20Etwall%20-%20Derby%20(Derbyshire)/DE65%206JG/Derby/12285|title=Etwall Post Office |access-date=21 January 2016}} library,{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/find_your_local_library/Etwall/ |title=Etwall Library |access-date=12 August 2013}} two village stores,{{cite web|url=http://supermarket.londis.co.uk/42670-londis-etwall|title=Etwall Village Store|access-date=19 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201132347/http://supermarket.londis.co.uk/42670-londis-etwall|archive-date=1 February 2014}} a restaurant,{{cite web |url=http://www.blenheimhouse-etwall.co.uk/#/the-restaurant/4558505439 |title=Blenheim House Restaurant|access-date=19 January 2014}} pharmacy,{{cite web|url=http://www.npwr.org/etwallpharmacy.htm|title=Etwall pharmacy|access-date=19 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211053325/http://www.npwr.org/etwallpharmacy.htm|archive-date=11 February 2014}} dental practice,{{cite web |url=http://www.etwalldentalpractice.co.uk/ |title=Etwall Dental Practice,|access-date=19 January 2014}} veterinarian,{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahsmithcardiology.co.uk/ |title=Sarah Smith Veterinary Cardiorespiratory Specialist|access-date=19 January 2014}} village hall,{{cite web |url=http://www.etwall.org.uk/html/frank_wickham_hall.html |title=Frank Wickham Hall|access-date=19 January 2014}} leisure centre{{cite web |url=http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/leisure_culture_and_tourism/sport_and_health/club_and_athlete_support_information/leisure_centres/etwall_leisure_centre |title=Etwall Leisure Centre |access-date=12 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203090557/http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/leisure_culture_and_tourism/sport_and_health/club_and_athlete_support_information/leisure_centres/etwall_leisure_centre/ |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=dead }} and cricket club.{{cite web |url=http://etwall.play-cricket.com/ |title=Etwall Cricket Club |access-date=18 January 2014}} Etwall also has a swimming club,{{cite web |url=http://www.etwalleagles.co.uk |title=Etwall Eagles Swimming Club|access-date=12 August 2013}} tennis club{{cite web |url=http://www.etwalltennisclub.co.uk/ |title=Etwall Tennis Club|access-date=18 January 2014}} and the Team FS Derby, a Futsal Club of the FA National Futsal League.

The village has two pubs on its Main Street: the Spread Eagle (opposite John Port School) is the oldest, and the Hawk and Buckle dates from around 1800.{{cite web |url=http://www.hawk-and-buckle.co.uk |title=The Hawk and Buckle Etwall |access-date=12 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812035303/http://www.hawk-and-buckle.co.uk/ |archive-date=12 August 2013 }} There is also the more modern Seven Wells{{cite web |url=http://www.eating-inn.co.uk/house/seven-wells-etwall |title=The Seven Wells Etwall |access-date=18 January 2014}} on Heage Lane and a bar inside Blenheim House.{{cite web |url=http://www.blenheimhouse-etwall.co.uk/#/the-bar/4558505438 |title=Blenhiem House Bar Etwall |access-date=18 January 2014}}

The King George playing fields host the local football team Kings Head F.C. (sponsored by the Kings Head of Hilton) on Sunday mornings. The village is also served by a modern community centre/village hall named after the former primary school caretaker Frank Wickham, which hosts community events and also is used as a polling station for local and general elections.

Three National Cycle Network routes meeting in the village: Route 54,{{cite web |url=http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-54 |title=National Cycle Network Route 54 |access-date=18 January 2014}} Route 549{{cite web |url=http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-549 |title=National Cycle Network Route 549 |access-date=18 January 2014}} and Route 68.{{cite web |url=http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-68 |title=National Cycle Network Route 68 |access-date=18 January 2014}}

During the period 2015–2017 and beyond Etwall is due to have new building work on former John Port Trust land, which was left in trust and rented to local farmers. This marks the biggest expansion of Etwall village since post-war building in the 1950s and 1960s by Wimpey builders, and is due to expand the village's housing stock and increase local amenities.

18.4% of South Derbyshire's Band E to H properties are located in Etwall, with 12 out of 81 of the council's band H properties located in the village.{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=13695972&c=DE65+6JL&d=14&e=46&g=6414838&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1487029980902&enc=1&dsFamilyId=938 |title=Neighbourhood Statistics - council tax |access-date=14 February 2017}}

• Sir John Port (judge) (1480–1541), judge, born in Chester, lived in Etwall
• Sir John Port (died 1557), son of above, born in Etwall, founded Repton School
• John Gerard, S.J., recusant priest
• Miles Hunt
• Debbie McGee

• Listed buildings in Etwall

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• [http://www.etwall.org.uk Village website]
• [http://www.etwallhistory.org/html/general.htm History of the village]
• [http://www.derbyshireuk.net/etwall.html Information with pictures]
• [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laetoli/etwalltitheapportionment.html 1849 Tithe Map & Apportionment of Etwall]

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Category:Villages in Derbyshire

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