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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D7269/2/3
TitleGypsy sites in Amber Valley: general
Date1979-1991
DescriptionCorrespondence and related papers, between Derbyshire County Council departments and councillors and parties including: Pleasley Parish Council, Bolsover and Mansfield District Councils, Nottinghamshire County Council; Dennis Skinner MP; central government Department of the Environment and Transport; the National Gypsy Council; a chemical manufacturer; Derbyshire Naturalists Trust; bailiffs. Most of the correspondence concerns the Blackbridge Gypsy Transit Site, Pleasley (set up in 1985) and includes:
Location plan, 1982; Petition against the site, 1982;
Record of running costs of Corbriggs Gypsy site near Chesterfield, 1982; Project running costs of Blackbridge site, 1983;
Joint report on the project by the County Architect, County Estates Officer and County Planning Officer, 1984;
Minutes of the Blackbridge Advisory Management Committee and of site meetings and preparatory discussions, 1985;
Note on management arrangements and occupancy conditions, 1986;
Job description of site warden, c1990

Other topics covered include unauthorised sites at Carnfield Hill, Birchwood Lane and Broadmeadows in South Normanton; Cotes Park and Clover Nook industrial estates in Alfreton; Westfield Lane, Barlborough; Park Lane, Pinxton; Glapwell colliery site
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDerbyshire County Council
TermGypsies
Ethnic groups
Travellers
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