Breaston
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Breaston is the most southerly parish in the Erewash Borough.
In 1801 the population was 379, but by 1901 it had grown to 982, and is now around 4,600. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as “Braydeston“, “Braidstune“ or “Braidestone“, probably meaning “Braegd“s farm“. At the time of the Domesday Survey there was no church in Breaston. The land in the hamlet was mainly arable and pasture.
According to an 1846 trade directory Breaston had three inns, which are still part of the social life of the village today, two blacksmiths, three boot and shoemakers, eleven farmers, one baker, two grocers, two surgeons, five warp net makers and twenty privately owned lace machines and forty-five hosiery frames.
The 1864 lace factory on Longmoor Lane, then owned by Mr Henry Placket senior, is still the site of industry in the village today. As the lace trade declined it was taken over by the British Dyed Jute Company, then by W.H. Paul, a sheet metal goods firm and today it houses a modern printing firm.
Breaston today is now mainly residential. There is a church, a Methodist chapel, three pubs, still named as they were in 1846 - The Bulls Head, The Chequers Inn and The Navigation Inn; a club, a medical centre, and a comprehensive range of shops located in the centre of the village around the church and village green.
A large portion of the village centre is designated a Conservation Area and the village has many open spaces. These include a memorial garden on the north side of the green dedicated to the memory of those who gave their lives in both wars, a Jubilee Garden on the corner of Sawley Road and Wilsthorpe Road to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, a butterfly garden on the corner of Duffield Close and a Centenary Garden on Draycott Road to commemorate the centenary of Breaston Parish Council. A large recreation ground provides play areas for children, a paddling pool serviced by a windmill powered pump and a football pitch.
The chapel of St Michael was built in the early 13th century and consisted of the nave, tower and part of the spire. Only Mass was said in the chapel and all weddings, baptisms and funerals had to take place at St Chad“s, the neighbouring parish. Coffins were taken across the fields at the back of the church to Wilne. During Victorian times the stile was known as “Deadman“s Stile“ and the track as “The Corpse Way.“
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