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BELPER, Derbyshire

"BELPER is a market town and chapelry, in the parish of Duffield, and hundred of Appletree; 134 miles from London, 54 S.E. from Manchester, 16 S. from Chesterfield, 8 N. from Derby, and the like distance S.S.E. from Matlock. Beaurep'd and Beaureper, were modes of spelling, by which this town was designated in ancient documents; it was then an inconsiderable village, but has now become one of the most flourishing market towns in Derbyshire." [There is further information for Belper]

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Archives and Libraries Biography Directories Description and Travel

Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

Gazetteers Genealogy Occupations Schools

Archives and Libraries

• Local Studies Collection - Belper Library - a list of holdings very kindly provided by Ruth Sharpe, Local Studies Librarian for the Amber Valley area in Derbyshire. Updated 9 Jan 2005, 20 Feb 2006 and 17 Jan 2007.

Biography

• 'The Belper Poet' - Mr Thomas Crofts (1815-1904) - copy of a newspaper account of his death, contributed by Lesley Anderson. Has lots of local names!

• 'Hero or Traitor - Samuel Slater (1768-1835) - a brief account of the former apprentice of Jedidiah Strutt, dubbed the 'Father' of the American Cotton Industry. See also Samuel Slater in Wikipedia. Added 12 Sep 2005. Updated 2 Feb 2007.

Description and Travel

• Belper as it was nearly 200 years ago shown in The Andrews Pages Picture Gallery - Engraving of Belper. Added 12 Oct 2007.

Directories

• A Description of Belper has been transcribed by Heather Faulkes from Pigot's Directory of 1828-9.

• A Description of Belper and Directory for Belper, with the villages of Milford, Holbrook and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Belper from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Genealogy

• Belper Research Website, hosted by Tricia Tillin is an exploration of one or two very particular areas in Belper, and some local families connected to those places. Of particular interest are a list of Public Houses and Publicans (1767 to 1776), Baptisms and Burials at the Belper Unitarian Chapel, and some of the local families involved in shaping Belper as it is today - BRIGGS, GRATIAN, SLATER, STRUTT &c - a fascinating site.

Occupations

• Description and history of Belper North Mill - this imposing multi-storey brick building, standing between the busy A6 Trunk Road and River Derwent was built by William Strutt in 1803 to replace the original North Mill constructed by his father, Jedidiah Strutt, in 1786.

Schools

• Strutt Mill School Admission Records (1818-1860s), transcribed by Caroline Densham.
  Note: the available transcriptions now include Girls (as of 15 Feb 2004), and some previously undiscovered entries added on 5 Dec 2004.

• Strutt Mill School Admissions - Girls (1848-1878), transcribed by Caroline Densham. Added 2 Feb 2007.

• Strutt Mill School Admissions - Girls (1870-1880), transcribed by Caroline Densham. Added 16 Feb 2007.

• Strutt Mill School Admissions - Infants (1849-50), transcribed by Caroline Densham. Added 5 Dec 2004.

  For further information see Schooling and Employment in the Mills, an account provided by Caroline Densham as background reading to accompany these transcriptions.

• The Herbert Strutt School at Belper was established in 1909. In the few years prior to that, pupils from Belper were known to have attended the Lady Manners School, in Bakewell, following its reopening in 1896.

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