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Breadsall - Heritage and Environment

The first known reference to Breadsall is in 1002 with the Domesday Book of 1086 recording a church and priest, 12 acres of meadow and one mill.
The village of Breadsall lies just under three miles north east of Derby and just a few hundred yards from a busy commuter route.  There are approximately 400 dwellings ranging in style and size, some very old, some very new with all of the once busy old farms now converted into homes.  Not too long ago there were two shops and a post office serving the needs of the village, now we have the Breadsall Village Shop with the nearest post office being at Little Eaton.
Until 1964 villagers could catch a train to Derby and other towns on the Great Northern Railway that came to Breadsall in 1878.  Breadsall Village was once a popular destination for day-trippers from Derby with special trains being run at Whitsuntide.
When writing about All Saints’ Church, part of the Church of England in the Diocese of Derby, John Betjeman remarked it had ‘possibly the finest spire in Derbyshire’ and no matter how one approaches the village, the spire is always visible.  The church also has a peal of eight bells and there has been a church building on the site since 1086.  On 4th June 1914 there was a mysterious fire in the church destroying much of the interior and a prized library of 16th century books.  Suspicion fell on the Derby branch of the suffragettes and there are framed fragments
of bibles and prayer books damaged in the fire hanging in the church.
The remains of Breadsall’s most famous resident Dr Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin, lie in the church.  He lived the latter part of his life at the Priory which is now a premier hotel and country club.
Opposite the church the half-timbered Old Hall was built as the manor house in the 14th century.  Now a private residence it has been a rectory, farmhouse, hunting lodge, school, joiner’s shop, village shop, pub, post office and a temporary church following the fire.
The village also has a primary school built in 1837 and a Memorial Hall built in the 1950’s and
Brookside Road/Rectory Lane Breadsall Priory Hotel & Country Club
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