Risley, Derbyshire

Risley, Derbyshire

Infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=The war memorial and entrance to the church
latitude = 52.916
longitude = -1.320
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Risley
population =
shire_district = Erewash
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = DERBY
postcode_district = DE72
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK458356

Risley is a small village in the English county of Derbyshire. It is just over 4 miles south of Ilkeston.

It is almost midway between Derby and Nottingham and is near junction 25 of the M1 motorway and the A52 road. In 1870 it had a population of 203 when there was a grammar school that served seven neighbouring parishes. [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=1822 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales] , 1870]

The village

All Saints Church was built by the Willougby family (1350) who also founded a free school. Apparently the church is rare in that it belongs to a period when most churches were being pulled down rather than being built.Fact|date=May 2008 Risley is a long thin village with most properties lying either side of the main road. With the village hall standing one side of the church and the school on the other, this is the closest you can get to the village "centre".

Risley manor belonged to the Mortimers; passed to the Sheffields and then the Willoughbys; and in 1870 it belonged to J. L. Ffytche. The manor was held by Sir Hugh Willoughby, the navigator, [ [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Pigot1828/ilkeston1828.html#Risley Pigot's Commercial Directory of Derbyshire] , 1828/9, accessed 5 May 2008] who sailed on the 10 May 1553, with three ships, in search of a north-east passage, was frozen to death with all his crew in the January following, in the frozen ocean.

A silver vessel, 20 inches by 15, said to have belonged to a church in France in 405, was found near the Hall in 1729.

References

Notable Residents

* Sir Hugh Willoughby, the navigator, owned the manor here.
* Teresa Hooley, poet, was born here in 1888.

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Risley/ GENUKI(tm) page]
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