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Place Name	Willersley
Parish	Cromford
Hundred	Europe
County	Derbyshire
Country	United Kingdom, England
Notes	Manor in the Cromford area; contains Willersley Castle built in 1792 for Sir Richard Arkwright. The castle was used during World War II as a maternity home, later becoming a Methodist holiday and conference centre. Kenneth Cameron's 'The Place Names of Derbyshire' (1959) Vol. 2, p. 389, places Willersley in the parish of Matlock.

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