| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Whitworth Institute, Darley Dale |
| Place | Darley Dale |
| History | The Whitworth Institute at Darley Dale, along with Whitworth Hospital were paid for by Lady Whitworth in memory of her husband, Sir Joseph Whitworth. Whitworth was a mechanical engineer, remembered mainly for his system of uniform screw threads. He resided at Stancliffe Hall which he purchased in 1854, and was buried in Darley Dale after his death in 1887. The Whitworth Institute was built in 1889 - 1890 by legatees of Sir Joseph Whitworth of Stancliffe Hall and maintained by them until handed over to trustees in 1898 in trust for the inhabitants of Darley Dale and district for educational and recreational purposes. It originally included a reading room and library, class, bath and billiard rooms and rooms which could be let to public and private bodies for their use. There were also recreation grounds and playing fields. ¶ ¶During the 1914-1918 War the Institute was an auxilary hospital for wounded soldiers and in the 1939-1945 War an RASC Training Unit. |
| Authorised Form of Name | Darley Dale; Whitworth Institute, Darley Dale |
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