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DORE, Derbyshire
"DORE is a hamlet, also in the parish of Dronfield, about a
mile and a half therefrom, and nine miles north-west from
Chesterfield; it is a place of no consideration in the way
of trade. The number of inhabitants, in 1831, was 527."
[Description from
Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
- Open Dore -
"A community web site provided by the Dore Village Society" -
features Local History, Old photographs/pictures, &c. The Dore History
section contains a fascinating 'Time Line' page, featuring such snippets
as "the road between Fox House and Hathersage... was made
almost impassable for carriages by the daily running of a traction engine with
two huge trucks from Dronfield to various places in the Derwent valley"
(1882), and a "New road is constructed at Whirlow Bridge" (1953).
-
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet - a look at Abbeydale, in Dore,
in times past. Contains a wealth of information about the history
and development of steel and scythe-making and allied trades.
- Wills of Dore and Totley 1539 - 1747 is a book of 58 pages
edited by David Hey, and published by the Dore Village Society in 1990.
The Wills (including inventories) were transcribed by the Local History
class, and the book contains 10 full transcriptions plus a list of all the
other wills and inventories which were transcribed. A copy of this book
has been donated to the
Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group's Library. Although DARG
do not have a copy, it is understood that a second volume containing
31 further wills and inventories has also been published,
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