| Description | Records including minutes 1754-1819 (including entries re Radbourne apprenticeships also including Mercaston, Mackworth, Markeaton, Dalbury Lees and Mickleover), a minute and account book 1820-1895, ledger 1862-1888, scheme 1917, correspondence and papers |
| Administrative History | The German Pole Charity of Radbourne was set up under the terms of the will (made in 1682) of German Pole (1626-1683). The aim of the charity was the apprenticing of poor children from the six townships of Radbourne, Mercaston, Mackworth, Markeaton, Dalbury Lees and Mickleover, with each township able to put forward one apprentice a year. |
| Custodial History | Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 1978 |