GRESLEY (CASTLE), a hamlet in the parish of
CHURCH-GRESLEY, hundred of REPTON-AND-GRESLEY,
county of DERBY, 4 miles (S.E. by S.) from Burton upon
Trent, containing 129 inhabitants. There are slight
vestiges of an ancient castle built by the Gresley family,
who have been resident in the parish since the period of
the Norman invasion; a member of another branch of
this family was one of the Conqueror's ancestors.