| Description | This collection is the product of Mr Edwards' research into the history of Wingerworth. It consists of notebooks, note files, transcripts and copies of original sources, press cuttings, and some miscellaneous items. The records had already been organised into series and numbered to file level on transfer to Derbyshire Record Office, and the new reference numbers assigned to them retain this original order. To avoid disturbance to cross-referencing, no attempt has been made to re-number documents within a series, even where there are gaps caused by disposal or retention by the donor. An indication of the author's original reference is included at series level. |
| Administrative History | David G Edwards (1933-) is a historian of Derbyshire, with a particular interest in the Wingerworth area. His published works include "The Hunlokes of Wingerworth Hall" (Wingerworth: the author, 1971 [provisional edition]; 1976 [2nd edition]), "The Glumangate story : a contribution to the history of Chesterfield" (Chesterfield : Chesterfield & District Local History Society, 1994), and "A historical gazetteer and bibliography of by-product coking plants in the United Kingdom" (Cardiff : Merton Priory, 2001). He has also edited Derbyshire Record Society publications of transcribed sources, including hearth tax assessments 1662-70 (Chesterfield, 1982) and two volumes of Derbyshire wills proved at Canterbury, covering the period 1393-1601 (Chesterfield, 1998; 2003). |
| Custodial History | These records were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office in May 2008 and June 2019. Further deposits were received via a third party in November 2022 and December 2022. |