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Church Gresley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Church Gresley

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Church Gresley history

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Gresele is recorded in the Domesday Book. Its first element is of uncertain origin. Possibly the Old English grēosn meaning gravel and lēah meaning woodland clearing.

Priory and church

A priory of Augustinian canons was founded at Gresley in the reign of Henry I. It was suppressed in 1536 in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The church was built early in the 12th century as the priory’s conventual church. In about 1820 the church and the upper part of the tower were rebuilt. The chancel was designed by Arthur Blomfield and built in 1872.

Economic and social history

In about 1800 the Mason pottery was founded at Church Gresley. Mason Cash became a well-known English pottery, producing many kinds of ceramic mixing and baking ware. From 1882 the local football club was Gresleys Rovers, which competed in the Northern Premier League First Division and played at The Moat Ground.

You can visit Church Gresley places with Walkfo Church Gresley to hear history at Church Gresley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Church Gresley has 22 places to visit in our interactive Church Gresley map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Church Gresley, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Church Gresley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Church Gresley & the surrounding areas.

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22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Church Gresley places to visit

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Church Gresley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Church Gresley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Church Gresley’s information audio spots:

Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield is one of the smaller British coalfields . All of the worked coal seams are contained within the Lower and Middle Coal Measures which are of Upper Carboniferous age .

Gresley Rovers F.C. Gresley Rovers play in the United Counties League Premier Division North, playing their home games at the Moat Ground. The club were reformed in 2009 under the name of Gresleys F.C. In July 2020 the club readopted their original name, Gresly Rovers.

Gresley Priory Priory was a monastery of Augustinian Canons regular in Church Gresley, Derbyshire. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory church became the village’s parish church of St George and St Mary.

St George and St Mary’s Church, Church Gresley St George and St Mary’s Church, Church Gresley is a Grade II* listed parish church in Derbyshire. It was built in the 1930s and is located in Church Gresley.

Moira Furnace Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops.

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