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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D2844/1/1 |
| Title | Letter from Viscount Scarsdale of Kedleston Hall to Mr. J Varty re opposition to the destruction of otters, 24 Jan |
| Date | 1970 |
| Description | Viscount Scarsdale had always wanted to see one, he had seen stoats, mink, foreign otters, an otter slide and tracks in Scotland. He also refers to: the extent of the estate which he inherited in 1925 and its brooks and water; the shooting of a dog otter from the Robert Adam Bridge by the park keeper before 1914-1918 war; the finding of partly and completely eaten fish; the possible visit of an otter to the swimming pool at Kedleston in 1967; the possible sighting of an otter from the Adam Bridge in Autumn 1969; and the trapping of otters in Brailsford Brook 4 or 5 years previously. Viscount Scarsdale would also like a family of otters on his lakes. |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Unidentified |
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| Term | Letters (documents) |