Netherseal

Netherseal
St. Peter's Church
Netherseal Location within Derbyshire
Population	923 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK286131
District	South Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SWADLINCOTE
Postcode district	DE12
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°42′54″N1°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 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]

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 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

• Listed buildings in Netherseal
• List of places in Derbyshire

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. "Netherseal village in South Derbyshire".

External links

Media related to Netherseal at Wikimedia Commons