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| Name | Greasley |
| Alt names | Beauvale | source: manor in parish | | Beggarlee | source: settlement in parish | | Bog-End | source: settlement in parish | | Giltbrook | source: settlement in parish | | Greasley Moor Green | source: settlement in parish | | Moor Green | source: alternate name for above | | Moorgreen | source: alternate name for above | | Newthorpe | source: settlement in parish | | Wagnall Cantelope | source: settlement in parish | | Wagnall Chaworth | source: settlement in parish | | Chaworth | source: ancient settlement in parish, may relate to Wagnall Chaworth | | Watnall | source: settlement in parish, may relate to Wagnall |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.02°N 1.27°W |
| Located in | Nottinghamshire, England |
| See also | Broxtowe Wapentake, Nottinghamshire, England | wapentake in which it was located | | Basford Rural, Nottinghamshire, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | Broxtowe District, Nottinghamshire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Greasley is a civil parish northwest of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. Although it is thought there was once a village called Greasley, there is no settlement of that name today as it was destroyed by the Earl of Rutland so he could have a better view. The built-up areas in the parish are Beauvale, Giltbrook, Moorgreen (often confused with Greasley), Newthorpe, Watnall and parts of Eastwood, Kimberley and Nuthall. There is also a small Hamlet known as Bog-End. In the 2001 UK Census the parish had a total population of 10,467, increasing to 11,014 at the 2011 Census.
History
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Greasley.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Greasley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "GREASLEY, a hamlet, a parish, and a [registration] sub-district, in Basford [registration] district, Notts. The hamlet was formerly called Greasley Moor Green, -is now called simply Moor Green; lies 2½ miles E of Langley Mill [railway] station, and 7 NW by N of Nottingham; and has a post office, of the game of Moor Green, under Nottingham. The parish includes also the hamlets of Brinsley, Kimberley, Newthorpe, Wagnall Cantelope and Wagnall Chaworth. Acres: 8,010. Real property: £21,852; of which £7,516 are in mines. Population in 1851: 5,284; in 1861: 6,230. Houses: 1,303. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of coal mining. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Cagtilupes; and belongs now to Lady Palmerston. Some remains exist of Greasley Castle, or ancient manor house, and of Beau-Vale abbey. See BEAU-VALE. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value: £134. Patron: Viscount Palmerston. The church is a good stone edivce, with a handsome tower. The chapelries of Brinsley and Kimberely are separate benefices. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, New Connexion Methodists, and Free Methodists. There are also a national school, a British school, and charities £62.
- "The sub-district contains also five other parishes in Notts, and one and part of another in Derby. Population: 18,028. Houses: 3,619."
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Brinsley was made a separate parish in 1896.
Beauvale
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Beauvale from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "BEAU-VALE, a manor in Greasley parish, Notts; 7 miles NW of Nottingham. It belonged anciently to the Cantilupes; and had a Carthusian priory, founded by one of that family in the time of Edward III. Some fragments of the ancient manor-house, and some tottering walls of the priory, connected with the offices of a farmyard, still remain.
Beggarlee
Regular sources provided nothing on Beggarlee save that Wikipedia stated that D. H. Lawrence had used it as the name of a colliery in his novel Sons and Lovers. The writer of the article inferred that the actual colliery was Brinsley. A google search yielded A topographical history of Nottinghamshire by John Curtis (of Ashby-de-la-Zouch) [undated] which discusses the earlier history of Greasley and its various settlements. The book had been photographed and could not be digitally copied.
Newthorpe
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Newthorpe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "NEWTHORPE, a hamlet in Greasley parish, Notts; near the Nottingham canal, 2 miles E of Langley-Mill [railway] station, and 7 N W of Nottingham. It has a post-office under Nottingham, Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and United Free Methodist chapels, and a national school. Population: 1,126. A colliery is at Biggalee [Beggarlee?], and stocking-making is carried on.
Other hamlets were not found in A Vision of Britain through Time.
Research Tips
A map of Nottinghamshire circa 1900 shows all the hamlets within Greasley parish which is between Nottingham and Eastwood.
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