Padley Hall (or Padley Manor) was a large double courtyard house where, in 1588, two Catholic priests (
Nicholas Garlick and
Robert Ludlam) were discovered and then, two weeks later,
hanged, drawn and quartered in
Derby. They became known as the 'Padley Martyrs'. Padley Hall today is mostly in ruins, although part of it – probably originally the central gatehouse range – survives, and in 1933 was converted to a Roman Catholic chapel in honour of the martyrs. This was after the chapel had been a site of pilgrimage for several years, annual pilgrimages having been set up by a priest from Sheffield. Organisation was taken on by the
Guild of Our Lady of Ransom, and pilgrims walked from the nearby station to honour the Padley Martyrs. The chapel, a
Grade I listed building, stands not far from the railway line. ==See also==