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Netherseal (or 'Netherseale') is a village and
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Netherseal (or 'Netherseale') is a village and civil parish
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county of Derbyshire
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South Derbyshire
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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.
Location
The village is less than 2 miles from the neighbouring county ofLeicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
, and is close to the A444 and the M42 motorway, on the banks of the River Mease
The River Mease is a lowland clay river in the Midlands area of England. It flows through the counties of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire and forms the administrative border between these counties for parts of its length.
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History
St Peter's Church is the burial place of the railway engineer SirNigel Gresley
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was a British railway engineer. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Rai ...
, and the birthplace of the historian Eben William Robertson
Eben William Robertson (17 September 1815 – 3 June 1874) was a British historian.
Life
Robertson was born near the Leicestershire- Derbyshire border at Netherseale, into a wealthy landowning family. He was a distant relative of 18th century S ...
. It has a couple of 17th–century almshouses, but the home of the Gresley family was demolished in 1933.
The village is home to football team Netherseal St. Peters.
See also
* Listed buildings in Netherseal *List of places in Derbyshire
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See also
* List of settlements in Derbyshire by population
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References
External links
Villages in Derbyshire South Derbyshire District {{Derbyshire-geo-stub