Greasley, Nottinghamshire
Historical Description
Greasley, a township and a parish in Notts, lying 2¼ miles E of Langley Mill railway station, and 7 NW by N of Nottingham. Post town, Nottingham; money order office, Newthorpe; telegraph office, Eastwood. The parish includes the hamlets of Moor Green, formerly Greasley Moor Green, Brinsley, Rimberley, Newthorpe, Watnall Cantelope, and Watnall Chaworth. Acreage, 7220; population, 11, 143. The population of the ecclesiastical parish of St Mary is 3441. Brinsley and Rimberley have been formed into separate ecclesiastical parishes, with populations of 1423 and 6457. The manor belonged anciently to the Cantilupes, and belongs now to the Cowper family. Some remains exist of Greasley Castle, or ancient manor house, and of Beau Vale Abbey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £235 with residence. Patron, Earl Cowper. The church is a good stone edifice with a handsome tower. The district parishes of Brinsley and Rimberly are separate benefices. There are Congregational, Baptist, Wesleyan, Primitive, New Connexion, and Free Methodist chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Nottinghamshire | |
Poor Law union | Basford | |
Wapentake | Broxtow |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Greasley from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Nottinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Greasley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Nottinghamshire newspapers online:
- Nottingham Evening Post
- Nottinghamshire Guardian
- Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties
- Nottingham Gazette, and Political, Literary, Agricultural & Commercial Register for the Midland Counties
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Nottinghamshire 1569 & 1614 is available on the Heraldry page.