Harpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey The collection contains title deeds, manorial records, family records, household records, photographs and other illustrative material, records on churches, schools and charities, legal case papers and estate records, including rentals, rent accounts, leases and records on tenancies, estate account books and other accounts, agents' correspondence, records on business activities, including on brickmaking, lead and lime workings, and maps and plans. The estate expanded and contracted over several counties, but the main areas were concentrated in South Derbyshire and Staffordshire from the 18th century onwards. The Derbyshire estate was centred on Calke after 1622, including the house and park, and contained other properties at Chellaston, Etwall, Findern, Repton, Sinfin, Smisby, Stanton by Bridge, Stenson, Swarkestone, Ticknall, Twyford and Willington. As the Derbyshire estate was also regarded for administrative purposes as containing the manor of Hemington (just over the border in Leicestershire), records on Hemington and other places in Leicestershire are also to be found among Derbyshire estate records. The Staffordshire estate was centred on the manor and parish of Alstonefield, which included the townships of Fawfieldhead (or High Frith), Heathilee, Hollinsclough, Longnor, Lower Elkstone, Quarnford and Warslow. The Staffordshire estate also included properties in Butterton, Leek, Onecote and Sheen, and just as Hemington was regarded as part of the Derbyshire estate, so the manor of Wensley was regarded in a similar way as part of Staffordshire for administrative purposes rather than Derbyshire, being so physical remote from Calke itself. [12th-20th cent]