| Description | These records are informally arranged into “collections”, reflecting three original sources, plus one “miscellaneous” collection.
Arrangement: D1289/BL/1-251a, the Wagstaffe Collection: Lead mining records relating to the mineral interests of the Duke of Rutland, formerly in the possession of a trustee of the estate of John Wagstaffe, barmaster to the Duke of Rutland until 1882
D1289/BL/252-371a, the Manton Bagshawe Collection: material previously held by a firm of solicitors in Sheffield
D1289/BL/372-395, the Hodson Collection: Material relating to the mining interests of the Hodson family. Thomas Hodson formed the Cromford Mining Co and had an interest in gold speculation at Ible. His son William Hodson supervised the clearing up of Cromford Sough in 1923 and was assistant manager of the Blobber Mine in the 1920s
D1289/BL/396-428, Miscellaneous |