WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



The Calderstones estate, formed in 1828 by Joseph 

 Need Walker of Liverpool, 1 has lately been purchased 

 by the corporation of Liverpool. The ' famous Aller- 

 ton oak,' mentioned in the Directory of 1825, still 

 stands on the lawn of the house, a very large and 

 ancient tree. 



A local board was formed in 1868 ;* in 1894 it 

 became an urban district council of nine members. 



4LLERTON was in 1066 held by 

 M4NOR three thegns for as many manors, the 

 assessment being half a hide, and the 

 value above the customary rent the normal 8j. 3 In 

 the twelfth century it became a member of the barony 

 of Manchester. It is not mentioned by name in the 

 survey of 1212, but had apparently before that time 

 been held in conjunction with Childwall by the lords 

 of Lathom, who had recently resigned their rights here.* 



There was here about the same time a family who 

 bore the local surname. Richard son of Robert de 

 Allerton gave to the canons of St. Werburgh of 

 Warburton whatsoever in Aigburth belonged to his 

 fourteen oxgangs of land in Allerton, as shown by the 

 marks and crosses of the brethren, with common 

 rights and easements of his fee in Allerton. His son 

 Robert, with the assent of his uncle Gilbert, son of 

 Robert de Allerton, granted three acres between the 

 ' Twiss ' and St. Mary's Spring, next to the four acres 

 given them by Richard son of Robert son of Henry. 

 He further gave his portion of ten oxgangs of land 

 upon Flasbuttes in the east of Aigburth, between the 

 Stonebridge and the moss. 5 



CHILDWALL 



In 1241, an assize of mort d'ancestor having been 

 summoned between Robert son of Richard de Aller- 

 ton and Geoffrey de Chetham and Margaret his wife, 

 the former quitclaimed his right in twelve oxgangs of 

 land in Allerton, i.e. half the manor, to Thomas 

 Grelley, lord of Manchester, who had been called to 

 warrant. 6 From this time no resident family assumed 

 the local name.' The superior lordship thus formally 

 recognized continued to be held by the barons of 

 Manchester down to the seventeenth century. 8 



A subordinate manor of Allerton was formed for 

 one of the members of the Grelley family, the earliest 

 known tenant being John Grelley. His son Robert 

 and widow Joan were in 1 306 holding respectively 

 two-thirds and a third of the manor, which were 

 claimed by Thomas son of Robert Grelley, the superior 

 lord, by writ of formedon. 9 Robert, however, con- 

 tinued to hold the manor until the beginning of 

 Edward Ill's reign, 10 when he was succeeded by his 

 son John," whose name occurs down to about 1380. 

 In 1382 Isabel, widow of John Grelley, negotiated 

 the marriage of her daughter Anilla with John 

 le Norreys of Much Woolton." 



The descent of the manor is obscure at this point. 

 Probably there was an elder daughter who inherited 

 it. It was afterwards held by the Lathoms of Par- 

 bold. Their earliest appearance in Allerton is in 

 1441, when Edward de Lathom obtained by fine 

 from Richard de Pemberton and Elizabeth his wife 

 six messuages, a mill and lands here. 13 A confirma- 

 tion of the descent is obtainable from two Mossock 



