Risley, Derbyshire

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Risley
The war memorial and entrance to the church
Risley shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK458356
District	Erewash
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DERBY
Postcode district	DE72
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 52°54′58″N 1°19′12″W / 52.916, -1.32

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.^[1]

1 The village
2 References
3 Notable Residents
4 External links

[edit] 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1] The manor was held by Sir Hugh Willoughby, the navigator,^[2] 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.^[1]