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Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire (Magna Britannia Vol 5)

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by Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817. Transcription by Barbarann Ayars © 2000


CONTENTS

   
General History of DerbyshirePage
Inhabitants and Government 
Historical Events 
Division of the County, Ecclesiastical and Civil 
Table of Parishes 
Monasteries, Colleges, and Ancient Hospitals 
Borough and Market Towns 
Disused Markets 
Fairs 
Disused Fairs 
Population 
Division of Property at the time of the Domesday Survey 
Nobility of the County: 
 Irish Peers who have Seats in Derbyshire 
 Extinct Peerages 
 Baronial Familes Extinct 
Noblemen's Seats 
Baronets: 
 Baronets who were not described as of Derbyshire at the time of their Creation 
 Extinct Baronets 
Baronet's Seats 
Gentry: 
 Families Extinct before the Time of the Heralds Visitations 
 Families extinct, or removed out of the county, since 1500 
 Families of whom it has not been ascertained whether they are or are not extinct 
Principal Seats, Halls, Mansions, etc.the Residence of Gentry 
Forests and Deer-Parks 
Geographical and Geological Descripton of the County(Boundaries, soil, Rivers, canals, roads) 
Natural History (Fossils, Minerals, indiginous plants, birds, etc.) 
Produce 
Manufactures 
Antiquities: 
 British 
 Roman 
Architecture: 
 Ancient Church 
 Saxon, Thirteenth C, Fourteenth C, Fifteenth and Sixteenth 
 Painted glass 
 Rood-lofts 
 Ancient fonts 
 Ancient sepulchral monuments: 13, 14, 15, 16 Centuries 
 Remains of Monastic Buildings 
 Ancient Stone Crosses and Pillars 
 Ancient Castles 
 Ancient Manor Houses 
Customs 
Parochial History 
Index Additions and Corrections 
Errata 
List of Plates