The Strutts supported the rebels declining jury service and pushing for pardons. Joseph Douglas Strutt wrote to his cousin Edward about the executions: ‘People are flocking into Derby… good God, are these things to be suffered much longer in our once free and happy land.’   There’s much more…

Venue: Start from outside the Ritz Cinema, King Street, Belper
Time: 2pm
Cost: Free walk, donations welcome.