Mathersgrave

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Mathersgrave
Mathersgrave Lane - Junction with School Lane.jpg
Junction of Mathers Grave Lane and School Lane.
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Mathersgrave
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK358588
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ALFRETON
Postcode district DE55
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
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UK
England
Derbyshire
53°07′34″N1°27′54″W / 53.126°N 1.465°W / 53.126; -1.465

Mathersgrave is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It consists of three houses on Mathers Grave Lane. This lane runs between the A615 Matlock road and School Lane, Brackenfield. The hamlet is located 5 miles north-west of Alfreton.

A highwayman named Mather was reputedly hanged and buried at the crossroads (a traditional punishment), on Mather's Grave Lane. There is a weatherworn stone referring to the event set into one of the walls at the crossroads. Bones are said to have been found during road repairs in the 1920s. Some information is held at Matlock, in the Derbyshire County Records Office. The Barackenfield history web page suggests he committed suicide.