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Measham is a village in Leicestershire, near the Staffordshire and Derbyshire border, located just off the A42 just south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It was originally a small market town but dismissed by William Wyrley in 1596 as ‘a village belonging to Lord Shefield, in which are many coal mines, * little else worthy of remembrance’, and omitted altogether from Richard Blome's gazetteer of market towns in 1673.
The village lies near to the heart of the National Forest.
Nearby is the hamlet of Willesley where there was once a stately home, the grounds of which are now a fishing lake, golf course and Scout campsite. Other local villages include Oakthorpe and Packington.
A type of pottery known as Meashamware is named after the village, although it was actually produced in Church Gresley in Derbyshire.
Until 1897 Measham was an exclave of Derbyshire.
References
William Wyrley cited in T. Bulmer’s History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire (London, 1895 ed.)
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