Kirk Hallam is a village in the Erewash district, in the south-east of

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

, England. It was part of the former

Ilkeston Ilkeston ( ) is a town located in the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire, England, with a population of 40,953 at the 2021 census. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/textiles, have now all but disappeared. Part of t ...

borough and is largely regarded today as an area of the much larger town of

which adjoins it to the north east. Since 1974, Kirk Hallam has been part of the borough of Erewash. Kirk Hallam is a ward of the Erewash Borough Council showing a population of 6,417 at the 2001 Census, reducing to 6,216 at the 2011 Census.

History

Kirk Hallam is one of several 'Hallams' in the locality which includes

West Hallam West Hallam is a large village and civil parish west of Ilkeston in the county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands region of England. West Hallam has had its own parish council since 1894 and, since 1974, has been part of the Erewash borough. Th ...

and the Little Hallam and Hallam Fields areas of

, all within a few miles. The name 'Halum' appears in the

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and this may refer to

, Kirk Hallam or both. In any case, the village is long established. Originally a small agricultural parish, Kirk Hallam's population expanded dramatically in the 1950s and 1960s when large housing developments were carried out, firstly of public sector housing by Ilkeston Corporation and local employer Stanton and Staveley in the 1950s (the 'St Norbert Drive' area to the South) and a mix of public and private housing in the 1960s and 1970s to the north (the 'Godfrey Drive' area). The westernmost part of the 'Godfrey Drive' development is in fact in the parish of

Dale Abbey Dale Abbey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Borough of Erewash, Erewash in Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England, 6 miles north east of Derby. The population of the civil parish on the 2011 census was 1,351. Formerly known as ...

. These two large developments form a rough oval shape, either side of the main Ladywood Road (A6096) from Ilkeston towards

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. Kirk Hallam's population at the 2001 census was given as 6,417. In 1931 the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

had a population of 110. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Ilkeston and Dale Abbey.

All Saints' Church

Kirk Hallam's Parish Church dates from the late Norman period and until 1539 was administered by

, who provided its priests. The earliest recorded vicar is the monk Simon de Radford in 1298.A history of All Saints' Church Kirk Hallam, by Esther A. Collington He was followed by another fifteen monk vicars up to Roger Page who stayed on as vicar after the Abbey was dissolved. The canons of Dale were largely responsible for turning the heavily forested land around Kirk Hallam into the fertile arable and pasture which predominated up to the 1950s. After the dissolution of Dale Abbey in 1539, the right to appoint vicars (the

advowson Advowson () or patronage is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present to the diocesan bishop (or in some cases the ordinary if not the same person) a nominee for appointment to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, a ...

) in Kirk Hallam eventually passed to the

Newdigate Newdigate is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley borough of Surrey. Lying in a relatively flat part of the Weald, Newdigate is to the east of the A24 road between Dorking and Horsham, ESE of Guildford and south of London. Neigh ...

family in the mid-18th century. The church was in such a ruined state it was lucky to escape demolition in 1778 and a public subscription organised by the Newdigates in 1858 supplied funds for a substantial and much needed renovation. All Saints' Church is now a Grade I listed building.

Schools

Kirk Hallam has four schools, Kirk Hallam Community Academy and St John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy are secondary schools while Dallimore and Ladywood are primary schools.

Notable people

* Pierrepont Mundy (1815–1889), cricketer and British Army officer

References

External links

Ilkeston Cam - More about Kirk Hallam with pictures

Kirk Hallam lake and meadows

Kirk Hallam Community Technology & Sports College

St John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy

All Saints Church

Friends of Kirk Hallam Church

Friends of Kirk Hallam Lake & Meadows
{{authority control Villages in Derbyshire Former civil parishes in Derbyshire Borough of Erewash