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All Saints Church was built in Elizabethan times by members of the Willoughby family, who had acquired Risley in |
All Saints Church was built in Elizabethan times by members of the Willoughby family, who had acquired Risley in 1350 [[AD]] and who also founded a free school in the village. Apparently this is rare in that it belongs to a period when most churches were being pulled down rather than being built.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} Risley is a long thin village with most properties lying on either side of the main road. With the village hall standing on one side of the church and the school on the other, this is the closest one can get to the village "centre". The church belongs to the Stanton group of churches with [[Dale Abbey]] and [[Stanton by Dale]]. The village [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/921518 pub] is the Risley Park formally the Blue Ball<ref>[http://www.probablythebestpubsintheworld.co.uk/RisleyPark/RisleyPark.aspx Risley Park]</ref> on Derby Road |
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Risley Manor originally belonged to the Mortimers. It passed to the Sheffields and then the Willoughbys and, in 1870, it belonged to J. L. Ffytche.<ref name=vis/> The [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/922202 manor] was held by Sir [[Hugh Willoughby (sea captain)|Hugh Willoughby]], the navigator,<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Pigot1828/ilkeston1828.html#Risley Pigot's Commercial Directory of Derbyshire], 1828/9, accessed 5 May 2008</ref> who sailed on 10 May 1553, with three ships, in search of a north-east passage, but was frozen to death with all his crew in the following January. It is now a [[Risley Hall (Derbyshire, England)|country house hotel]]. |
Risley Manor originally belonged to the Mortimers. It passed to the Sheffields and then the Willoughbys and, in 1870, it belonged to J. L. Ffytche.<ref name=vis/> The [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/922202 manor] was held by Sir [[Hugh Willoughby (sea captain)|Hugh Willoughby]], the navigator,<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Pigot1828/ilkeston1828.html#Risley Pigot's Commercial Directory of Derbyshire], 1828/9, accessed 5 May 2008</ref> who sailed on 10 May 1553, with three ships, in search of a north-east passage, but was frozen to death with all his crew in the following January. It is now a [[Risley Hall (Derbyshire, England)|country house hotel]]. |
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| OS grid reference | SK458356 |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE72 |
| Dialling code | 0115 9 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Risley is a small village and parish[1] in Erewash in the English county of Derbyshire. It is just over four miles south of Ilkeston. Sandiacre is next door to the east.
Geography
It is almost midway between Derby and Nottingham and is near junction 25 of the M1 motorway and the A52. In 1870 it had a population of 203 when there was a grammar school that served seven neighbouring parishes.[2]
History
All Saints Church was built in Elizabethan times by members of the Willoughby family, who had acquired Risley in 1350 AD and who also founded a free school in the village. Apparently this is rare in that it belongs to a period when most churches were being pulled down rather than being built.[citation needed] Risley is a long thin village with most properties lying on either side of the main road. With the village hall standing on one side of the church and the school on the other, this is the closest one can get to the village "centre". The church belongs to the Stanton group of churches with Dale Abbey and Stanton by Dale. The village pub is the Risley Park formally the Blue Ball[3] on Derby Road
Risley Manor originally belonged to the Mortimers. It passed to the Sheffields and then the Willoughbys and, in 1870, it belonged to J. L. Ffytche.[2] The manor was held by Sir Hugh Willoughby, the navigator,[4] who sailed on 10 May 1553, with three ships, in search of a north-east passage, but was frozen to death with all his crew in the following January. It is now a country house hotel.
A silver vessel known as the Risley Park Lanx, 20 inches by 15, said to have belonged to a church in France in 405, was found near the Hall in 1729.[2]
References
- ^ Risley Parish Council
- ^ a b c John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870
- ^ Risley Park
- ^ Pigot's Commercial Directory of Derbyshire, 1828/9, accessed 5 May 2008
Notable residents
- Sir Hugh Willoughby, the navigator, owned the manor here.
- Teresa Hooley, poet, was born here in 1888.
External links
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