Waingroves
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Waingroves is a small village in the Amber Valley
district of Derbyshire
, approximately two miles away from the town of Ripley
. In woodland to the south of the village, there are remains of a Colliery
site.
Waingroves Hall was built in the seventeenth century for Richard Clayton. It was remodelled in the 1790s. It was sold in the 1960s for £68,000.
Amber Valley
Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It takes its name from the River Amber and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering...
district of Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, approximately two miles away from the town of Ripley
Ripley, Derbyshire
Ripley is a town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England.- Earliest history :Not much information is available as to when Ripley was founded, but it existed at the time of the Domesday Book, when it was held by a man called Levenot....
. In woodland to the south of the village, there are remains of a Colliery
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
site.
Waingroves Hall was built in the seventeenth century for Richard Clayton. It was remodelled in the 1790s. It was sold in the 1960s for £68,000.