BREADSALL: Erewash Parish #2 of 14

This is a picturesque old village surrounded by woodland with a population of 773, with a wonderfully active community with an array of social clubs, as well as access to something called the Greenway and network of paths for both walking and cycling

The village nowadays is relatively peaceful and only gets busy during some rush hour periods when drivers use the village as a thoroughfare to the northern tip of nearby Oakwood, and further afield, to areas including Hilltop, Morley, West Hallam, Heanor and Ilkeston.

The Harpur-Crewe’s were the estate holders here, it being founded in the early 1500s by Richard Harpur who was a solicitor in London. Henry Harpur was one of his ancestors, and he would marry Lady Jane Crewe, thus becoming Henry Harpur-Crewe. The botanist Joseph Whittaker was born here in 1815[9]

The village is a very popular location for retired people who want to live comfortably in their later years, while still in reach of Derby city centre. The physician Erasmus Darwin is buried here. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor and poet.

All around the village you will find a number of these small green areas, known as “triangles”, and they make it pretty obvious you’re in BREADSALL.

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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.

Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the borough of Erewash. There are 14. Here's the SECOND one – Breadsall.

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Breadsall Priory:
https://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/tra...

Great Northern Greenway:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Locatio...
By mike smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
https://www.tripadvisor.ie/LocationPh...
http://simssycling.blogspot.com/2013/...

Breadsall Parish Council:
https://breadsallparishcouncil.org.uk...

Zoopla:
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices...

Demographics:
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/e...

Breadsall info:
http://www.ilkcam.com/Archived/2017/1...
https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/exp...

Breadsall Shop:
  / breadsall-village-shop-106628456663719  

Breadsall: Two Settlements:
https://www.countryimagesmagazine.co....

Breadsall Old Hall:
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/78613

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Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)
   • Foxsnow  
Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
   • Mickey's House  
The Keyhouse - "Voices" (H. Flunder)
   • Voices  
The Keyhouse - "Circles" (H. Flunder)
   • The Keyhouse - Circles (official audio)  
Helen Flunder - "Sun" (H. Flunder)
   • Helen Flunder - 'Sun' (Official Audio)  
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
   • Helen Flunder - Angels (Official Audio)  
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
   • Caistor and the Lincolnshire Wolds  

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