| Custodial History | These items were purchased at auction from Claydon Auctioneers Ltd. on 28 April 2024 by Derbyshire Record Office. |
| Further Information | 20th century monochrome photographs depicting industrial buildings of Derbyshire. Photographer and original owner unknown. They include interior and exterior views of some of the mills which were demolished 1959-67.
no. Place Description
001 Ambergate Ambergate Limeworks : lime kilns (c.1840)
002 Ambergate Ambergate Limeworks established in c.1840 by George Stephenson: general view, from the south
003 Arkwright Town Terrace houses (c.1890)
004 Belper Reeling mill (1807-8), on the right, Junction Mill (c.1810), centre, and western end of West Mill (1793-5), left, from the west.
005 Belper North Mill (1803-4): interior, attic.
006 Belper Long Row (c.1795): mill workers' houses.
007 Belper North Mill (1803-4): interior, second floor.
008 Belper North Mill (1803-4), from the north west, with later factory (1912) in the background.
009 Belper Houses in the Clusters (c.1800).
010 Belper Reeling Mill (1807-8): fifth floor, detail of cast-iron column and beam (during demolition in 1961).
011 Belper North Mill (1803-4): interior, second floor, detail of cast-iron column.
012 Belper West Mill (1793.5): interior, fourth floor, detail of beam and cast-iron column.
013 Belper South Mill (1811-12), from the east (demolished 1962).
014 Belper North Mill (1803-4), from the north west.
015 Belper Reeling Mill (1807-8): second floor, detail of pot arch (during demolition in 1961).
016 Belper South Mill (1811-12): third floor, looking west (during demolition in 1962).
017 Belper Cotton mills of Messrs. W. G. & J. Strutt: North Mill (1803-4) on the left, and West Mill (1793-5).
018 Belper Cotton mills of Messrs. W. G. & J. Strutt, from the south: South Mill (1812) on the right, North Mill (1803-4) in the centre, and West Mill (1793-5) on the left.
019 Belper Cotton mills of Messrs. W. G. & J. Strutt: general view from the west.
020 Belper The Derwent Valley, with the cotton mills of Messrs. W. G. & J. Strutt.
021 Belper The Round Mill (1803-13), foreground, with the Reeling Mill (1807-8) and Junction Mill (c.1810), background right (all demolished 1960-61).
022 Belper South Mill (1811-12): third floor, looking north (during demolition in 1962).
023 Belper Hosiery factory of George Brettle & Co. (1834), Chapel Street.
024 Belper West Mill (1793.5): interior, fourth floor.
025 Belper West Mill (1793-5): interior, fourth floor.
026 Belper West Mill (1793-5): interior, fourth floor.
027 Belper West Mill (1793-5): eastern end, with Jubilee Tower (1897), from the north.
028 Belper West Mill (1793-5), from the north.
029 Bolsover Bolsover Colliery.
030 Bolsover Markham Collieries.
031 Bolsover The Doe Lea valley, with Bolsover and Markham Collieries, looking north west from Bolsover.
032 Borrowash Remains of the Derby Canal (1794), beside Derby-Nottingham Railway.
033 Borrowash Borrowash Mill (c.1800), formerly a cotton mill.
034 Buxton Railway viaduct.
035 Buxworth Remains of basin at terminus of the Peak Forest Canal (1795-6).
036 Buxworth Remains of track of the Peak Forest Tramway (1795).
037 Calver Calver Mill (1785-6), built by Richard Arkwright, from the west.
038 Chesterfield Former silk mill (c.1757), Markham Road, from the south.
039 Chesterfield Former silk mill (c.1757), Markham Road, from the east.
040 Clay Cross Clay Cross Ironworks, established in 1846 by George Stephenson.
041 Clay Cross Long Rows (c.1840), built by George Stephenson: western row (demolished 1960).
S042 Clay Cross Long Rows (c.1840), built by George Stephenson: eastern row (demolished 1960).
043 Cressbrook Cressbrook Mill (1815): north front.
044 Cressbrook Cressbrook Mill (1815): general view from the south.
045 Cressbrook The Apprentice House (c.1785): western end.
046 Crich Wooden headgear at an abandoned mine on Ridgeway Sough, Coddington.
047 Crich Former course of Crich Mineral Railway (1837), built by George Stephenson.
048 Crich House adapted for framework knitting, Main Street.
049 Cromford Richard Arkwright's cotton mills: original mill (1771).
050 Cromford Richard Arkwright's cotton mills: extension (1776).
051 Cromford North Street: late eighteenth century mill workers' houses.
052 Cromford Richard Arkwright's cotton mills: general view from west.
053 Cromford Terminus of the Cromford Canal (1789).
054 Cromford Warehouse at terminus of the Cromford Canal.
055 Darley Abbey Cotton mills of Walter Evans & Co. (c.1790), from the north.
056 Darley Abbey Cotton mills of Walter Evans & Co. (c.1790), from the south.
057 Darley Abbey Brick Row (c.1800): mill workers' houses.
058 Darley Abbey West Row.
059 Derby Rykneld Mills (c.1820), silk and tape works, seen from Brook Street.
060 Derby Thomas Lombe's silk mill (1718-21), on River Derwent (destroyed by fire 1910).
061 Derby Thomas Lombe's silk mill (1718-21), from the south. Iron gates by Robert Bakewell on bridge in foreground.
062 Derby Electricity generating station (1924), and site of Old Silk Mill, on River Derwent.
063 Derby Former silk factory, by the Markeaton Brook.
064 Derby The Markeaton Brook, looking eastwards.
065 Derby Bridge street, with Rykneld Mills (c.1820) on the right.
066 Derby Tape and narrow fabrics factories of H. G. Wheatcroft Ltd., by the Markeaton Brook.
067 Derby Framework knitter's house, by the Markeaton Brook.
068 Derby Brough Street (c.1840), Castlefields.
069 Derby The Midland Station (1840 and later).
070 Derby Calvert Street: houses built by the Midland Railway Company (c.1845).
071 Derby Midland Place: houses built by the Midland Railway Company (c.1845).
072 Derby Railway Locomotive Works: round engine shed.
073 Derby The Midland Railway Institute (1897).
074 Derby The River Derwent, looking north from St. Mary's Bridge.
075 Derby Castlefields Mill (1825): mill yard, with swings and maypole.
076 Derby Castlefields Mill (1825): lace factory of Messrs. Black Bros. & Boden (demolished 1961).
077 Derby Castlefields Mill (1825): interior, "top shop".
078 Derby Castlefields Mill (1825): interior, second floor.
079 Dove Holes Former course of the Peak Forest Tramway (1795), looking north towards Barmoor Clough.
080 Dove Holes Former course of the Peak Forest Tramway (1795), looking south towards Doveholes Dale.
081 Draycott Victoria Mills (c.1900): tenement lace factory.
082 Draycott Victoria Mills: detail of clock tower (dated 1906).
083 Draycott Fowler Street (c.1900), with Victoria Mills in the background.
084 Duckmanton Site of Duckmanton Ironworks (c.1800).
085 Duckmanton Opencast coal workings.
086 Hartington Lead mine, Hand Dale.
087 Ironville Workers' houses (c.1840), built by the Butterley Company.
088 Kilburn The railway station.
089 Lea Hosiery factories of Messrs. J. Smedley Ltd.; formerly cotton mill built by Peter Nightingale in 1783.
090 Litton Frameshop adjoining house, on road to Litton Dale.
091 Long Eaton Part of former railway works of S. J. Clay & Company, with Orchard's lace factory in the background.
092 Long Eaton Midland Street: houses built by the Midland Railway Company (c.1880).
093 Long Eaton The Erewash Canal (1775-6), passing tenement lace factories.
094 Long Eaton Former lace workshop (c.1850), New Tythe Street.
095 Long Eaton Fletcher's Factory (c.1870), New Tythe Street.
096 Long Eaton Harrington Mills (1888), Leopold Street (west side): southern end.
097 Long Eaton Harrington Mills (1888), Leopold Street (west side): northern end.
098 Long Eaton Willat's Factory (1875), Regent Street.
099 Long Eaton Orchard's Factory (c.1890), Bank Street.
100 Long Eaton Bennet Street (c.1900).
101 Long Eaton Alexander Mill (1949), Gibb Street.
102 Long Eaton Britannia Mills (c.1910), Bennet Street.
103 Matlock Bath Masson Mills: west front of Old Mill (1783), built by Richard Arkwright.
104 Matlock Bath Masson Mills (1783 and later): general view from north.
105 Milford The Old Mill (1777-80), with the East Wing (1805-6) to the right of the clock tower, from the south east.
106 Milford Cotton mills of Messrs. W. G. & J. Strutt, from the south west: the Old Mill, South Wing (c.1810), on the right, the western extension, centre, and the Warehouse (1792-3), far left.
107 Milford The Old Mill (1777-80), with the South Wing (c.1810).
108 Milford The Old Mill (1777-80): interior, third floor.
109 Milford The Old Mill (1777-80): interior, third floor, detail.
110 Milford The Warehouse (1792-3), and the East Wing (1805-6) of the Old Mill, on the left.
111 Milford The Warehouse (1792-3): east front.
112 Milford Lockup at cotton mills (demolished 1964).
113 Milford Post office at cotton mills (demolished 1964).
114 Milford The Warehouse (1792-3): interior, second floor.
115 Milford The Warehouse (1792-3): interior, third floor.
116 Milford The Warehouse (1792-3): interior, third floor, detail of beams and cast-iron columns.
117 Milford The Warehouse (1792-3): interior, second floor, detail of pot arch.
118 Milford The Old Mill during demolition in 1964.
119 Milford The Old Mill during demolition in 1964.
120 Milford The Warehouse (1792-3): interior, second floor, detail of pot arch.
121 Milford East Wing (1805-6) of the Old Mill, and clock tower.
122 Milford East Wing (1805-6) of the Old Mill: interior, third floor.
123 Milford East Wing (1805-6) of the Old Mill: interior, third floor, detail of cast-iron column.
124 Milford Houses on North View, Hopping Hill (c.1795).
125 Morley Park Remains of rail trackway from Morley Park Ironworks.
126 Morley Park Morley Park Ironworks: remains of furnaces (1780 and 1818).
127 Morley Park Morley Park Ironworks: remains of furnaces (1780 and 1818).
128 Morley Park Morley Park Ironworks: blast furnace (dated 1818).
129 New Houghton Devonshire Street (c.1900): colliery houses.
130 New Mills Cotton mills at Newtown.
131 Over Haddon Mandale Lead Mine, Lathkill Dale: engine house.
132 Over Haddon Mandale Lead Mine, Lathkill Dale: eastern end of aqueduct.
133 Over Haddon Mandale Lead Mine, Lathkill Dale: remains of aqueduct.
134 Peak Dale Limestone works of Buxton Lime Firms Company Ltd.
135 Pleasley Pleasley Colliery and township, from the south.
136 Poolsbrook Colliery housing (c.1890): general view, from the north.
137 Poolsbrook Colliery houses (c.1890): front view.
138 Poolsbrook Colliery houses (c.1890): back view.
139 Sandiacre Bridge Street Mills (c.1890): east front.
140 Sandiacre Bridge Street Mills (c.1890): rear view, across Erewash Canal.
141 Shardlow The Trent and Mersey Canal, with boatbuilder's yard and warehouses.
142 Shardlow Warehouse on Trent and Mersey Canal: rear view.
143 Shardlow Warehouse (dated 1799), The Wharf.
144 Shardlow Warehouse on the Trent and Mersey Canal.
145 Sheepbridge Sheepbridge Ironworks: blast furnaces.
146 Sheepbridge Sheepbridge Ironworks: coke ovens.
147 Sheepbridge Sheepbridge Ironworks: gas holder and coke ovens.
148 Spondon Electricity generating station.
149 Stanton Stanton Ironworks.
150 Stanton Site of Stanton Gate Ironworks (c.1830), and remains of Nutbrook Canal.
151 Staveley Staveley Ironworks: eastern part.
152 Staveley Staveley Ironworks: western part.
153 Staveley Speedwell Blocks (c.1850): general view, from the east.
154 Staveley Speedwell Blocks (c.1850): northern row.
155 Staveley Speedwell Blocks (c.1850): southern rows.
156 Tansley Former cotton mills in Tansley Dale.
157 Tansley Former cotton mill in Tansley Dale.
158 Wirksworth Mill at Millers Green (Arkwright's cotton mill of 1780?).
159 Wirksworth Haarlem Works, Millers Green: tape factories of H. G. Wheatcroft Ltd., from the north east.
160 Wirksworth Haarlem Works, Millers Green: tape factories of H. G. Wheatcroft Ltd., from the south east.
161 Wirksworth Old lead workings.
162 Wirksworth Old lead workings.
163 Wirksworth Limestone quarries.
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