Netherseal

{{Short description|Village in Derbyshire, England}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = Netherseal Church 119535 8bb2979e.jpg

| static_image_width = 200px

| static_image_caption = St. Peter's Church

| coordinates = {{coord|52.715|-1.577|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = Derbyshire

| official_name = Netherseal

| population = 923

| population_ref = (2011)

| shire_district = South Derbyshire

| shire_county = Derbyshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = SWADLINCOTE

| postcode_district = DE12

| postcode_area = DE

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SK286131

}}

File:Netherseal Hall 1900s.jpg in the early 20th Century.]]

Netherseal (or 'Netherseale') is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire,OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :{{ISBN|0 319 24028 2}}[http://www.shop.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/products/paper-maps/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain-os-explorer-map/the-national-forest/pid-9780319240281 Map Details] retrieved 11 April 2013 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126847&c=Netherseal&d=16&e=62&g=6414977&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1459244815423&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=29 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/netherseal.html|title = Netherseal village in South Derbyshire}}

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.

The village is home to football team Netherseal St. Peters.

See also

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