Waingroves is a large village in the

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district of

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, England, approximately two miles away from the town of Ripley. It is in the

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Codnor Codnor is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. Codnor is a former mining village and had a population of 3,766 (including Cross Hill) taken at the 2011 Census. It is approximately 12 miles from Derby an ...

. In woodland to the south of the village, there are remains of a

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site.

Waingroves Hall

The land at "Waingrif" (Waingroves) was donated by Ralph fitzStephen to the

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in the early 12th century. The "deed of gift" cites the date 1147, however another document reveals contact between the Abbot of

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and the

, with regards to Waingroves, as early as 1121. The land was donated for the foundation of a

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of the

''(a

is a monastic establishment for one of a number of orders of monastic knights)'', however there is dispute as to whether one was ever constructed. Of those that believe a preceptory did exist, it is accepted that it only had a very short life: founded around 1147 and "supplanted" by another

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Preceptory in Derbyshire - Yeaveley Preceptory.
Following its acquisition by Yeaveley, a manor was constructed which was leased, along with the preceptory's land, to lay tenants. This, and the small time frame of potential existence, has led some to argue that a preceptory was never constructed at Waingroves, and that the land and the manor constructed by the

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was for purely secular use. The land was tenanted throughout Yeaveley Preceptory's ownership: passing into secular hands following the preceptory's

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in 1543. The site of the manor was later used for the construction of what would become known as Waingroves Hall. The present building, now divided into "Waingroves Hall" and "Waingroves Hall Farm".
The Hall does not appear to incorporate any remains of the Manor house of the

: the earliest fragments date from 1690, with most of the house dating from 1800 when the house was rebuilt, for Richard Clayton. It was remodelled in the 1790s and was sold in the 1960s for £68,000.Waingroves Hall
1890
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United Kingdom. Accessed August 2009.

References

External links

Waingroves Local History web page
* Villages in Derbyshire Geography of Amber Valley {{Derbyshire-geo-stub

Waingroves Hall

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