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Netherseal

Summary

Netherseal (or 'Netherseale') is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire,[1][2] situated in the South Derbyshire district. Together with neighbouring Lullington it is the southernmost village in the county. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 923.[3]

Netherseal
St. Peter's Church
Netherseal is located in Derbyshire
Netherseal
Netherseal
Location within Derbyshire
Population923 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK286131
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSWADLINCOTE
Postcode districtDE12
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
52°42′54″N 1°34′37″W / 52.715°N 1.577°W / 52.715; -1.577
Netherseal Hall, Derbyshire in the early 20th Century.

Location edit

The village is less than 2 miles from the neighbouring county of Leicestershire, and is close to the A444 and the M42 motorway, on the banks of the River Mease.[4]

History edit

St Peter's Church is the burial place of the railway engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, and the birthplace of the historian Eben William Robertson. It has a couple of 17th–century almshouses, but the home of the Gresley family was demolished in 1933.[4]

The village is home to football team Netherseal St. Peters.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 24028 2
  2. ^ Map Details retrieved 11 April 2013
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Netherseal village in South Derbyshire".

External links edit

  Media related to Netherseal at Wikimedia Commons