Recently I’ve been busy renumbering our D6948 collection, which relates to W. G. and J. Strutt Ltd, who once ran mills at Belper, Milford and Derby. There is a collection which we are currently re-cataloguing, and there is a lot of material to get through, comprising of fifty-one boxes and eighty outsize volumes. Whilst going … Continue reading Child Workers at the Strutt Owned Mills
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Charted Territory – celebrating the maps of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
The Derwent Valley Mills and the surrounding landscape were inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001. This recognition is well deserved as the valley saw the birth of the factory system, when new types of building were erected to house new technology for spinning cotton. Snaking 15 miles down the valley of … Continue reading Charted Territory – celebrating the maps of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
More creativity at Belper Library as part of Discovery Days
As part of this year's Discovery Days, children and parents came to Belper Library to re-create their family trees - find out about the last few days of events as part of the Discovery Days festival at http://www.derwentvalleymills.org/index.php/discovery-days/408-discovery-days-2013
Derbyshire Record Office 