The Appletree Hundred

Last night I was researching a little about Somersal Herbert and was interested to discover that Derbyshire was divided into 6 'Hundreds' (or Wapentakes as they were originally known). Appletree Hundred contained 63 parishes, one of which was ours. It was leased from the Duchy of Lancaster by Lord Vernon in 1660. Our little orchard seems especially fitting here, but maybe now my target should be a hundred trees.

Another exciting 'fact' was that apparently in 2002 there were rumours that David Beckham was going to buy Somersal Hall!!!