Butterley is a village in the English county of
Derbyshire near to
Ripley
Ripley may refer to:
People and characters
* Ripley (name)
* ''Ripley'', the test mannequin aboard the first International Space Station space station Dragon 2 space test flight Crew Dragon Demo-1
* Ellen Ripley, a fictional character from the Ali ...
. It is the site of the
Midland Railway – Butterley, as well as the old Butterley Brickworks.
Notable residents
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Sir James Outram
Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (29 January 1803 – 11 March 1863) was a British general who fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Early life
James Outram was the son of Benjamin Outram of Butterley Hall, Butterley, Derbysh ...
, hero of the Indian Mutiny, was born at Butterley Hall in 1803.
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Harry Storer Sr.
Harry Storer (24 July 1870 – 25 April 1908) was an English association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who played for Arsenal F. C., Arsenal and Liverpool F. C., Liverpool, and a cricketer who played first-clas ...
, goalkeeper for
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club, commonly referred to as Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England. Arsenal plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 league titles (inclu ...
and
Liverpool F.C., was born here in 1870.
Profile on LFC History
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* William Storer, professional cricketer for Derbyshire, was born here in 1867.
See also
* Butterley Company
*Butterley Hall
Butterley Hall is an 18th-century country house near Ripley, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II listed building. The site is now the headquarters of the Derbyshire Constabulary.
The manor of Butterley was owned by Darley Abbey until the Dissolution ...
*Butterley Tunnel
Butterley Tunnel is a disused canal tunnel on the Cromford Canal below Ripley, in Derbyshire, England, opened to traffic in 1794. Along with Butterley Works blast furnaces, part of the canal tunnel and its underground wharf were declared a sch ...
*Listed buildings in Ripley, Derbyshire
Ripley is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 62 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three g ...
References
External links
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Villages in Derbyshire
Geography of Amber Valley
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