[4] William I of England had returned Hamme to Bishop Walter[citation needed] and in 1086 the total population included: The presence of a priest is likely to indicate that there was a church at Holme Lacy.

[citation needed] The Duke and Duchess died without surviving children and after extensive litigation the Holme Lacy estate devolved in 1819 upon Capt.

Sir Edwyn Francis Stanhope, Bart., R. N., who assumed the additional name and arms of Scudamore and whose son succeeded in 1883 as 9th Earl of Chesterfield.

[11] The mansion of Holme Lacy built by the 2nd Viscount Scudamore remained, renovated in 1828-31 and again in the early 20th century, the family seat of the Earls of Chesterfield until 1902, when the contents were sold.

It was a gift to the village from Lord and Lady Lucas-Tooth of Holme Lacy House, in memory of their two sons who were killed in World War I and who are commemorated on a plaque inside the hall.

[13] The hall is a registered charity, and is used for a range of activities including coffee mornings, line-dancing, and wedding receptions; it is also the home of Holme Lacy football club.

The Holme Lacy Pear, which still partly survives, covered three quarters of an acre and yielded a crop of 5–7 tons in 1790.