Items in Derbyshire

Antique Map of Derbyshire

Antique Map of Derbyshire

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Derbyshire; England

Added: 2008-10-09

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410.—Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire.

Originally early 12th Century, or perhaps older, but greatly renovated in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Plate 410 - Doorway in the ruins of the Duke’s Building

Keywords: manors, castles, entrances, ruins, crests

Places shown: Old Bolsover; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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25. Haddon Hall, Derbyshire

“The most complete and most interesting house of this period [the fourteenth century] is the well-known Haddon Hall in Derbyshire. It consists of two courts (Fig. 24), the hall being placed in the win [...]

Keywords: castles, manors, courtyards, windows, entrances, arches, towers

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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24. Plan of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire

Plan of the mediaeval manor-house that’s illustrated in Fig. 25.

Keywords: manors, plans

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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7. Peak Castle, Derbyshire

Plan of the Keep Peak Castle is more commonly known as Peveril Castle. See also Fig. 8. “Above the upper chamber was the roof, originally of steep pitch (see section, Fig. 9). but which may have been [...]

Keywords: castles, plans

Places shown: Peveril Castle; Castleton; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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8. The Peak Castle, Derbysire (1176)

“The keep itself, which was built in 1176, is very similar in arrangement to the peel-towers of the Scottish border and to the towers which elsewhere formed the nucleus of many fortified houses. It pr [...]

Keywords: castles, plans, architecture

Places shown: Peveril Castle; Castleton; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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117. Derwent Hall, Derbyshire

Derwent Hall was built in 1672 by the Belguy family, and at some point passed to the Duke of Norfolk. In 1931 it because a youth hostel, but in 1945 the Derwent dam was completed and the valley was fl [...]

Keywords: manors

Places shown: Derwent; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-02-03

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Peak Castle, Derbyshire: Plan of the Site.

Peak Castle is today known as Peveril Castle, and is high above the village of Castleton in the Peak District national park. “It is tolerably certain that romance had no part in the selection of this [...]

Keywords: castles, maps, plans

Places shown: Peveril Castle; Castleton; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Overview map of Derbyshire, England

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Embroidered Stool Cover From Hardwick Hall (2 of 2)

[continued from the first stool cover] “Among the floral forms may be recognised borage and poppies on the stools, and roses, daisies and strawberry blossoms, leaves and fruit upon the chairs [chairs [...]

Keywords: colour, embroidery, flowers, ornaments

Places shown: Hardwick Hall; Doe Lea; Chesterfield; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Rain-Water Head, Haddon Hall

A rain-head, collecting water from gutters and divirting it to a down-pipe, elaorately carved in the Gothic style.

Keywords: architecture, decor, gothic

Places shown: Bakewell; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-04-22

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Embroidered Stool Cover From Hardwick Hall (1 of 2)

Hardwick Hall is known for its outstanding 16th and 17th Century tapestries and embroideries. “From that treasure-house of embroideries, Hardwick Hall, [...] belong the two round stools and the back a [...]

Keywords: colour, embroidery, flowers, ornaments

Places shown: Hardwick Hall; Doe Lea; Chesterfield; Derbyshire; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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