Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Risley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Risley.-- township, Wilne par., Derbyshire, 4 miles S. of Ilkeston, 1152 ac., pop. 218; P.O.; contains Risley Hall, seat; Sir Hugh Willoughby (died 1554), the navigator, was a native.
A village in Morleystone hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.
Two manors recorded in Domesday.
1st Manor
2nd Manor