Town hall

Some place names stay recounted to "apiary", being the activity melera of course the occupation initial of his inhabitants.

It is part of dominion marquesal of Navamorcuende, first like dependent place of the town of this name and later, already exempt from this jurisdiction, like town of the mentioned marquisate. Occupied the territory for gentlemen of the Council of Avila, he remained incorporated into this diocese; just as it depended, in the administrative thing, of this city, to turn on the Navamorcuende marquisate.

The first attempt of independence happens in 1545 when Mayor don Juan Montero grants power to two neighbors to begin suit against the feudal gentleman, Enrique Dávila, with object of which the use was allowed to these neighbors of the boyal pasture, vineyards and common land. In 1546 the chancellery of Valladolid trumps the suit in favor of the neighbors of The Sotillo. In the XVIIth century begins the disintegration of the places of major nucleus of population as they are those of Almond grove of the Gully and Good luck. In 1671, on having eliminated the places of Parraces and the Limekiln and to increase the population, in 1692 proper jurisdiction grants the town category to itself with . (Fte.-Texto Delegation to see link)