Any serious account of the history of the Derwent Valley factory settlements must draw heavily on the work of R S Fitton, S D Chapman and A P Wadsworth. For Milford and Darley Abbey thanks must be given to Heather Eaton and Bernard Holden for access to their unpublished research studies, to David Hool for his unpublished genealogical and local history material, to John Hume for commenting on the text and to Ellen Wheeldon, Doreen Buxton, George Jones, Cyril Maskery and Angus Watson for their assistance. The select bibliography which follows has been confined in its scope to manuscript sources and printed material which illuminate the history and conservation of the nominated site. It does not include the wider ranging literature or works of fiction.
British Library
Additional Manuscripts: Woolley Mss. 6666-6718
Derbyshire Record Office
(a) Quarter Sessions
Papers D Q/RP 1 and 2. Maps and Plans of roads, canals and railways (various).
Enclosure Acts, Awards and Plans. Q/AR/ 10,48,49,56,57 and 91: Q/R 1/115. Q/Ric 11/1-3, 46/1-2 and 107
Land Tax Returns 1780-1830 (Appletree, Morleston and Litchurch and Wirksworth Hundreds) D. Q/RE
(b) Other Collections
Arkwright of Wirksworth, D198
Cromford Brewery Accounts, D2211
Cromford Canal Navigation permits, D501, 1041,1265,1366, 1391, 1534 and 2653
Enclosure Acts, Awards and Plans, D44Z/B1: D1564: D1437/5/1/1: D2152/6/1
Nightingale of Lea D1575, D 3585
Sir Richard Arkwright and Co Cromford and Belper D3638
Strutt Papers D3772. D1564Taylor, Simpson and Mosley Papers (Evans of Darley Abbey) D185 and D 769
Tithe Awards and Maps, D2360/3/28,52,75,98,136 and 144. D1311. D1473/50/1
Derby Local Studies Library
Derby Canal Records, D76
Evans Papers, D162
Strutt Letters, D125/1-50
Corporation of London Records Office, Guildhall Library
Royal Exchange and Sun Fire Office, Insurance Registers
Sheffield Archives
Barker Mss. D193-4
Manchester Local Studies Unit Archives
Samuel Oldknow Papers
Strutt Papers
Papers in private possession
Arkwright Mss
Chatsworth Mss (Devonshire Papers)
Strutt Mss
(a) Parliamentary Papers
House of Lords Committee on the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other mills etc.
1818 (90) XCVIHouse of Lords: An account of the Cotton and Woollen Mills and Factories in the United Kingdom
1819 (66) IIIHouse of Lords Committee on the State and Condition of Children employed in the Cotton Manufactories of the United
Kingdom 1819 (24) CXRoyal Commission on the Employment of Children in Factories, 1st Report 1833 (450) XX
Royal Commission on the Employment of Children in Factories. Supplementary Reports 1834 (167) XIX, XX
Select Committee on the State of Children employed in the Manufactories of the United Kingdom 1816 (397) III
(b) Maps
Ordnance Survey: 25 inches to 1 mile; 1st edition (c.1888) (Derwent Valley area)
(c) Patents Library
Patent Specification No 931 Arkwright’s Waterframe 1769
Patent Specification No 1111 Arkwright’s Carding Engine 1775
Newspapers
The Times
The Derby Mercury
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| Aldous, A | Britain’s Industrial Heritage seeks World Status History Today, vol. 49 | 1999 |
| Anderson, P H | Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands | 1973 |
| Andrews, C B (ed.) | The Torrington Diaries | 1935 |
| Architecture East Midlands | Cromford Mills Project Sept | 1980 |
| Arkwright Society | Arkwright and the Mills at Cromford | 1971 |
| Arkwright Society | Arkwright; the man, his mills and the Industrial Revolution | 1982 |
| Ashmore, O | The Early Textile Industry in the Derwent Valley. Derbyshire Miscellany Vol. | 1957 |
| Aspin, C | The Cotton Industry | 1995 |
| Baines, E | A History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain | 1835 |
| Bannister, Turpin | The First Iron Framed Buildings Architectural Review 131 |
1962 |
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| Billson, P | Derby and the Midland Railway | 1996 |
| Bray, William | Sketch of a Tour into Derbyshire and Yorkshire 2nd Edition | 1783 |
| British Library Science Reference Library | Rex versus Arkwright | 1985 |
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| Bryan, Ben | Matlock Manor and Town | 1903 |
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| Bulmer, T | North Street, Cromford Transactions of Ancient Monument Society vol. 20 | 1975 |
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| Cavendish, R | The Arkwright Society. Restoration of the 1771 Mill and Warehouse at Cromford History Today vol. 41 | 1991 |
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| First International Conference on Economic History | 1960 | |
| Chambers, J D | Review of “The Strutts and the Arkwrights” by Fitton and Wadsworth, Business History, III | 1959-60 |
| Chambers, J D | Foreword to the Arkwright Festival Prospectus | 1970 |
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| Chambers, J D and Barley, M W | Industrial Monuments at Milford and Belper Archaeological Review vol. 18 | 1961 |
| Chapman, S D | The Beginnings of Industrial Britain | 1970 |
| Chapman, S D | The Arkwright Mills: Colquhouns Census 1788 and Archaeological Evidence Industrial Archaeological Review vol. 6 No. 1 |
1981 |
| Chapman, S D | The Early Factory Masters 2nd Edition | 1992 |
| Chapman, S D | The Cotton Industry in the Industrial Revolution 2nd Edition | 1987 |
| Chapman, S D | The Textile Factory before Arkwright. A typology of Factory Development Business History Review vol. 32 No. 1 | 1974 |
| Chapman, S D | Fixed Capital Formation in the British Cotton Industry
1770-1815 Economic History Review 2nd Series vol. 23 No. 2 |
1970 |
| Chapman, S D | Workers’ Housing in the Factory Colonies 1770-1850 Textile History vol. 7 | 1976 |
| Chapman, S D | Financial restraints on the growth of firms in the Cotton Industry; 1790-1850, Economic History Review, 2nd series vol. XXXII, No. 1 | 1979 |
| Chapman, S D | James Longsdon (1745-1821) farmer and fustian manufacturer. The small firm in the English Cotton Industry, Textile History, No. 3. | 1970 |
| Cooke, A J | Richard Arkwright and the Scottish Cotton Industry. Textile Industry No. 10 |
1979 |
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1994 |
| Cooper, Brian | Transformation of a Valley. The Derbyshire Derwent | 1997 |
| Cossons, Neil | The BP Book of Industrial Archaeology | 1993 |
| Cromford Canal Society | The Cromford Canal and Leawood Pump | 1975 |
| Daniels, S | Joseph Wright | 1999 |
| Dartington Amenity Research Trust | Interpreting the Derwent Valley | 1979 |
| Darwin, E | The Botanic Garden | 1789-91 |
| Davies, D P | A Historical and Descriptive View of Derbyshire | 1811 |
| Davies, J | A collection of the most important cases respecting
patents, inventions and the rights of patents |
1816 |
| Davis, H D | History You Can See - Scenes of Change in Rhode Island 1790-1910 League of Rhode Island Historical Societies, Providence | 1986 |
| Die Macht der Maschine | 200 Jahre Cromford-Ratingen | 1985 |
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1993 |
| Falconer, K A | Textile Mills and the Royal Commission Industrial Archaeological Review vol. 16 No. 1 |
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| Farey, J | Agriculture of Derbyshire Vol. 2 | 1813 |
| Felkin, W | History of the Machine Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures | 1867 |
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| Fitton, R S | The Arkwrights. Spinners of Fortune | 1989 |
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| Gentleman’s | Magazine Library English Topography Part 3 (Derbyshire-Dorset) | 1893 |
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| Gordon and Malone | Texture of Industry | 1994 |
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1831 |
| Hewish, J | From Cromford to Chancery Lane. Technology and Culture vol. 28 | 1987 |
| Hills, R L | Power in the Industrial Revolution | 1970 |
| Hills, R L | Hargreaves, Arkwright and Crompton. Why Three Inventors? Textile History Review No. 10 |
1979 |
| Hills, R L | Richard Arkwright and Cotton Spinning | 1973 |
| Holden, R N | Stott and Sons | 1998 |
| Hume, John R | The Industrial Archaeology of New Lanark and Robert Owen, Prince of Cotton Spinners. edited John Butt | 1971 |
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1819 |
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| Rhode Island | Department of the Environment Working Water - A Guide to the Historic Landscape of the Blackstone River Valley |
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| Skempton, A W and Johnson, H R | William Strutt’s Cotton Mills 1793-1812 Transactions of the Newcomen Society vol. 30 | 1955-7 |
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