Official Name: | Orgreave |
Country: | England |
Region: | West Midlands |
Static Image Name: | Orgreave Hall.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Orgreave Hall |
Static Image Alt: | View of the hall and drive from outside the iron gates |
Os Grid Reference: | SK148161 |
Coordinates: | 52.7423°N -1.7822°W |
Post Town: | BURTON-ON-TRENT |
Postcode District: | DE13 |
Postcode Area: | DE |
Dial Code: | 01283 |
Constituency Westminster: | Lichfield[1] |
Civil Parish: | Alrewas |
Shire District: | Lichfield |
Shire County: | Staffordshire |
Orgreave is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Alrewas, in the Lichfield district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It lies in the Trent Valley some north-east of the city of Lichfield, the A513 road runs to the south of the hamlet. In 1881 the parish had a population of 113.[2]
Historically Orgreave was a township of Alrewas and included the hamlet of Overley[3] which is located between them at . From 1866 Orgreave was a civil parish in its own right, on 25 March 1884 the parish was abolished and merged with Alrewas, on 1 February 1996 that "Alrewas" was renamed "Alrewas and Fradley".[4] On 1 April 2009 it became part of the new "Alrewas" parish.[5]
Orgreave Hall, formerly a seat of the Viscounts Anson, is a private home.