Somersal Herbert is a hamlet and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
, England, 2 miles northeast of
Doveridge
Doveridge is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, United Kingdom, near the border with Staffordshire and about east of Uttoxeter. Its name may come from its having a bridge over the river Dove (i.e. Dove(B)ridge), a tributary of the River ...
.
Somersal Herbert Hall
Somersal Herbert Hall is a privately owned timber-framed 16th-century country house at Somersal Herbert, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, in England. It is a Grade I listed building.
The Fitzherbert family came to Somersal in the 13th century when th ...
was built c.1564, incorporating an earlier building from c.1500, and is a
Grade I listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
Hill Somersal and Potter Somersal are minor settlements within 1 mile.
See also
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Listed buildings in Somersal Herbert
Somersal Herbert is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains twelve Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, on ...
References
Hamlets in Derbyshire
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales
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