Orgreave, Staffordshire

Orgreave, Staffordshire

Coordinates: 52°44′32″N 1°46′56″W / 52.74233°N 1.78222°W / 52.74233; -1.78222

Orgreave
View of the hall and drive from outside the iron gates
Orgreave Hall
Orgreave is located in Staffordshire
Orgreave

 Orgreave shown within Staffordshire
OS grid reference SK148161
Parish Alrewas
District Lichfield
Shire county Staffordshire
Region West Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BURTON-ON-TRENT
Postcode district DE13
Dialling code 01283
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament Lichfield [1]
List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire

Orgreave is a hamlet in the English county of Staffordshire. It lies in the Trent Valley some 6+1⁄2 miles (10 km) north-east of the city of Lichfield, the A513 road runs to the south of the hamlet.

Historically Orgreave was a township of Alrewas and included the hamlet of Overley[2] which is located between them at grid reference SK160156. Orgreave remains in the civil parish of Alrewas which, in turn, forms part of Lichfield District; until 2009 it was in the parish of Alrewas and Fradley[3].

Orgreave Hall, formerly a seat of the Viscounts Anson, is a residential care home.

References

  1. ^ "United Kingdom Parliament". http://www.parliament.uk/. Retrieved 18 September 2009. 
  2. ^ "GENUKI". http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Alrewas/index.html. Retrieved 21 September 2009. 
  3. ^ "Register of Electors 2009: Lichfield District (Parish Order)". http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/downloads/EURO_POLLING_STATIONS_1_.pdf. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 

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Coordinates: 52°44′32″N 1°46′56″W / 52.74233°N 1.78222°W / 52.74233; -1.78222


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