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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8032
TitleClive Leivers, local historian
Dateearly 21st cent
DescriptionHistorical research notes and published articles, relating to the Swing Riots of the 1830s, to agricultural allotments from the 19th century, and to the lives of navvies, beginning with a focus on the people who worked on the construction of the Dore and Chinley Railway
Extent1 box
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorClive Leivers, local historian
Administrative HistoryClive Leivers is a historian who has published articles including:
"Smallpox among the Navvies", Derbyshire Miscellany, Spring 2005
"The Navvies of Edale", Derbyshire Family History Society Journal, Sep 2003
"Navvies on the Dore and Chinley Railway", North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society Journal, Dec 2008
"Navvy Communities in the High Peak", Family and Community History, Nov 2006
"The Human Cost of Building Cowhorn Tunnel", Railway and Canal Historical Society Journal, 2006
"The Opening of the Dore and Chinley Railway", Railway and Canal Historical Society Journal, 2009

He has also participated in joint research projects, with subjects including the Swing Riots of the 1830s and the provision of agricultural allotments from the late 19th century.
Custodial HistoryThese records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office in October 2016.
Organisation Sub-TypeLocal historians
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Place (click for further details)Type
Dore 
Chinley 
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