[2] The book notes that: In Weston-on-Trent with its Berewicks Ælfgar had ten carucates of land and two and a half bovates to the geld.

He was given the responsibility for justice and exemption from the Trinoda necessitas, he alone could decide a fate of life or death without the need of the authority of the King or his sheriff.

This was in the same year as the Magna Carta when King John had agreed to expel the local Sheriff, Philip Marc, under pressures from his Barons.

The deal seems to have been driven entirely by short term finances and the Bishop of Durham was given a good price by offering to pay the fee in advance.

This is unusual as the previous monarch had threatened to have him assassinated in France as he refused to return to face the charges against him.

It was Charles Paget, who Mary, Queen of Scots had written to from her imprisonment in code; this letter was part of the evidence that caused her execution.

[14] Some Parliamentary soldiers were reputedly buried in Weston Churchyard in 1644 after a battle at King's Mill when Sir John Gell took 200 royalist prisoners.

Local records show that monies were found to not only repair ye town musquet but also money to charge it.

Two other parishioners were given three quarts of ale to keep watch for the rebels from the church tower[15] whilst a third was despatched to Derby.

Much of this building still remains and Weston's lock, three canal bridges and three mileposts are listed by Historic England.

[17] Less than a century later, the village was again transformed, with several houses being demolished, large earthworks, and roads being diverted to allow the railway to be opened in 1873.

The proposers realised that there were advantages in not only following the level ground of the Trent Valley but also in capturing additional business with a new line from Melbourne.

A cutting assisted in dividing the village in half as well as changing the routes of local roads to join with the four new bridges.

The railway revolution substantially reduced the traffic on the rivers and canals, but at Weston there was an extended life.

Here the stone was again unloaded, ground into plaster and then sent back by the same circuitous route via the river barges to Weston Cliff and then the product was taken to Pegg's works on the canal at Derby.

This allowed a public sewer to be built and the ten council houses were given hot and cold water at a cost of under £520.

This ferry crossed the river at the end of King's Mill Lane closest to Castle Donington.

[28] In January 2007, the school was relocated to a new building on the site of the old playing field[27] and formally opened on 21 April.

There are a number of walks[14] that are maintained and watched over by the parish council and their routes are shown on the village hall.