page_title: Measham
section_title: 18th–19th centuries
hierarchical_section_title: Measham / History / 18th–19th centuries
caption_attribution_description: English: Measham Hall. Built 1767. Demolished 1959 due to mining subsidence.
context_page_description: Measham is a large village in the county of Leicestershire, England, close to its borders with Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. It lies off the A42, 4.5 miles south of Ashby de la Zouch, within the National Forest. Historically in Derbyshire, it lay in an enclave absorbed into Leicestershire in 1897. The name is thought to mean "homestead on the River Mease".
context_section_description: The manor passed to William Wollaston. He sold it in 1780 to Joseph Wilkes for £50,000, on whose death it was bought by Rev. Thomas Fisher. In 1767, William Abney built an alternative manor at Measham Field, north-east of the village, which by 1817 had passed to his son Edward. This would become known as Measham Hall, a seven-bay mid-Georgian mansion. However, the advent of coalmining caused the Hall to suffer subsidence. It was demolished by the National Coal Board in 1959.
  By the early 19th century, Measham church was still associated with Repton parish, as a "parochial chapelry".
caption: Measham Hall: Built 1767, demolished 1959 due to mining subsidence
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