Castle Knob, Castle Gresley

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Greisely

In the civil parish of Castle Gresley. In the historic county of Derbyshire (Modern Authority of Derbyshire, 1974 county of Derbyshire).

Fine motte and semilunar bailey. Motte 20' high but site on hill top. The castle is documented in 1371-5.
May have been built at this time by William de Gresley, the eldest son ofNigel de Stafford (the place-name Gresley does not appear before c. 1125, that of Castle Gresley before 1252, and it is clear that Hearthcote (now represented by Hearthcote Farm) was the Domesday name for the vill. This late appearance lends support to the suggestion that the castle was built during the period of the Anarchy).

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK27941792

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape Defra ELS number; 921508

• Web site links
  • http://www.ecastles.co.uk/gresley.html
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p17
    Turbutt, Gladwyn, 1999, A History of Derbyshire Vol2 (Merton Priory Press)
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p52 [slight]
    Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p47
    Smith, Michael E., 1992, Castles and Manor Houses in and around Derbyshire (Derby)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p109
    Cox, 1905, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Derbyshire Vol1 p379
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p468
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/lincseng.html#derb2]