History
History of Allur is only available from Nellore District gazettes and few biographical notes from Christian missionaries. According to gazettes published during British time, Allur was largest land revenue generating town in district. It raised 53,000Rs/- in 1901. It was home for 3,677 people in 1873 and the population increased to 7,527 by 1901.
It was a station of a deputy tahlsidhar and sub megistrate in Nellore Taluk till 1910 and became part of Kovur Taluk after 1910. It had a jail used for short sentence prisoners up to a month and it was one of the 17 sub jails in the district. A sub registrar office to register documents and deeds was established in 1871 and it was one of the 14 sub registrar offices in district.
There were only pial elementary schools that teach Telugu reading, writing, poetry and basic math till 1868. In 1868, British government established a secondary school under 1864 Education Act and system of payments on results is introduced to increase school attendance. A dispensary was started in 1872. Boarding school for boys was opened in 1907.
Christian missionaries John E. Clough and Dr. Jewett visited Allur in 1869. A dwelling house and few acres of land were purchased for 1100 Rs/- and old travelers bunglaw was bought for 350 Rs/- and Allur was chosen as the fourth mission after Nellore, Ramayapatnam and Ongole in the district. An American Baptist church with 44 members was established in 1872 by Mr. Bullard. Mr. Bullard abandoned Allur mission in 1876 and made Allur as the outstation for Nellore mission. Resident missionaries were specially appointed to work at church since 1893. Rev W. S. Davis worked for two decades and according to his 1908 report, the total number of converts is 472.
Village has one ancient Siddeshwara or Siva temple and one ancient Gopalaswamy or Vishnu temple. There are illegible inscriptions on a pillar in front of the temple of Siddeswara and on the flooring in front of Gopalaswamy temple. A woman called Perantalamma died in Sati sacrifice and a temple was constructed in her memory.
Mosque was built in 1910. Communal troubles arose around 1924 over the right of Hindu processions to play music before Mosques until Hindus got a decree for permission in 1928. Gandhi visited Allur on December 30, 1933 as part of his coastal Andhra trip after Salt Satyagraha revolution.
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