Netherseal

Netherseal

St. Peter's Church
Netherseal
 Netherseal shown within Derbyshire
Population 923 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK286131
DistrictSouth Derbyshire
Shire countyDerbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SWADLINCOTE
Postcode district DE12
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire

Coordinates: 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.

Netherseal (or 'Netherseale') is a village and civil parishin 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 at the 2011 Census was 923.[3]

Location

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

St Peter's Church, Netherseal is the burial place of 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]

See also

References

  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. 1 2 http://www.derbyshireuk.net/netherseal.html

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