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Mathersgrave

Coordinates: 53°07′34″N 1°27′54″W / 53.126°N 1.465°W / 53.126; -1.465
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Mathersgrave
Junction of Mathers Grave Lane and School Lane.
Mathersgrave is located in Derbyshire
Mathersgrave
Mathersgrave
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK358588
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALFRETON
Postcode districtDE55
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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UK
England
Derbyshire
53°07′34″N 1°27′54″W / 53.126°N 1.465°W / 53.126; -1.465

Mathersgrave is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It consists of three houses on Mathers Grave Lane. This lane runs between the A615 Matlock road and School Lane, Brackenfield. The hamlet is located 5 miles north-west of Alfreton.

A highwayman named Mather was reputedly hanged and buried at the crossroads (a traditional punishment), on Mather's Grave Lane. There is a weatherworn stone referring to the event set into one of the walls at the crossroads. Bones are said to have been found during road repairs in the 1920s. Some information is held at Matlock, in the Derbyshire County Records Office. The Barackenfield history web page suggests he committed suicide.

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