Derbyshire History Fair 2025
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Derbyshire History Fair 2025
A Celebration of Derbyshire's History
Come and meet history groups and societies from around the county.
FREE ENTRY
Strutts Community Centre, Belper DE56 1UU
- 'Grand Book Sale'
- Short talks (Details below)
- Refreshments
- Raffle
- Derbyshire Archaeological Library open 10am-2pm
The short talks:
10.30am Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution Group.
Patrick Cook: England’s Last Revolution - 1817.
10.45am Ashbourne Heritage Society
John Titterton: John Petersen, a Napoleonic Prisoner of War.
11.00am Derbyshire Archaeological Society
Ian Mitchell: Rescued engineering drawings from the Cromford and High Peak Railway. (Some of the drawings will be on display in the Derbyshire Archaeological Society library.)
11.15am Belper Historical Society
Ian Jackson: Opening the Floodgates: Georgian river stewardship.
11.30am The Magic Attic Archive
Ron Causer: The work of the Magic Attic Archive.
11.45 am Classics for All East Midlands / Derbyshire Classical Association
Dr Jane Ainsworth: Isn't that just ancient history? How to find out about the ancient world in Derbyshire.
12 noon Our Belper Mills
Roger Moors OBM: Belper Mills … What we do next will determine the history of the Mills for generations to come.
12.15pm Peak District Mines Historical Society
Larissa Worthington: Getting involved with the Peak District Mines Historical Society.
12.30pm The W. W. Winter Heritage Trust
‘A Million for a Million’: the restoration of the Winter photography studio and preservation of the archive.
12.45pm Market Place Group Belper
Jenny Watling: The Life of Richard Martyn Clarke: a Belper Market Place draper in the 19th century.
1.00pm Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Labour History Society
Roger Tanner: Who was Joseph Crispin? Finding a lost voice in labour history.
1.15pm South Wingfield Local History Group
Carol Brown: A brief canter through the highlights of SWLHG: saving a Station and building a War Memorial.
1.30pm Belper North Mill Trust
Jane Whitaker: How much we are obliged to you: William Strutt's fireproof constructions.
1.45pm Darley Abbey Historical Society
Alan Bradwell: The Search for the Abbey.
2.00 pm Holbrook Labour Movement Research Library
Keith Venables: The Labour Movement Library saved from the Skip.
2.15pm Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Educational Trust
Christopher Charlton: Voices and Visuals: reaching a wider audience for our stories. A short extract from Belper Voices 2.
The groups who will be attending:
Arkwright Society, Cromford Mills
Ashbourne Heritage Society
Bakewell Old House Museum / Bakewell & District Historical Society
Belper Historical Society
Belper North Mill Trust
Belper U3A Local History Research Group
Classics For All East Midlands / Derbyshire Classical Association
Darley Abbey Historical Society
Derbyshire Archaeological Society
Derbyshire Record Office
Derbyshire Record Society
Derbyshire Scouts Archaeology Badge
DVMWHS Educational Trust
Holbrook Labour Movement Research Library
The Magic Attic Archives
Market Place Group Belper
Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Labour History Society
Our Belper Mills
Peak District Mines Historical Society
Pentrich & South Wingfield Revolution Group
Pinxton & South Normanton Local History Society
South Wingfield Local History Group
The New Dishley Society / Ticknall Archaeological Research Group
VCH Trust
W W Winter Heritage Trust
Wingfield Station 1947
A Celebration of Derbyshire's History
Come and meet history groups and societies from around the county.
FREE ENTRY
Strutts Community Centre, Belper DE56 1UU
- 'Grand Book Sale'
- Short talks (Details below)
- Refreshments
- Raffle
- Derbyshire Archaeological Library open 10am-2pm
The short talks:
10.30am Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution Group.
Patrick Cook: England’s Last Revolution - 1817.
10.45am Ashbourne Heritage Society
John Titterton: John Petersen, a Napoleonic Prisoner of War.
11.00am Derbyshire Archaeological Society
Ian Mitchell: Rescued engineering drawings from the Cromford and High Peak Railway. (Some of the drawings will be on display in the Derbyshire Archaeological Society library.)
11.15am Belper Historical Society
Ian Jackson: Opening the Floodgates: Georgian river stewardship.
11.30am The Magic Attic Archive
Ron Causer: The work of the Magic Attic Archive.
11.45 am Classics for All East Midlands / Derbyshire Classical Association
Dr Jane Ainsworth: Isn't that just ancient history? How to find out about the ancient world in Derbyshire.
12 noon Our Belper Mills
Roger Moors OBM: Belper Mills … What we do next will determine the history of the Mills for generations to come.
12.15pm Peak District Mines Historical Society
Larissa Worthington: Getting involved with the Peak District Mines Historical Society.
12.30pm The W. W. Winter Heritage Trust
‘A Million for a Million’: the restoration of the Winter photography studio and preservation of the archive.
12.45pm Market Place Group Belper
Jenny Watling: The Life of Richard Martyn Clarke: a Belper Market Place draper in the 19th century.
1.00pm Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Labour History Society
Roger Tanner: Who was Joseph Crispin? Finding a lost voice in labour history.
1.15pm South Wingfield Local History Group
Carol Brown: A brief canter through the highlights of SWLHG: saving a Station and building a War Memorial.
1.30pm Belper North Mill Trust
Jane Whitaker: How much we are obliged to you: William Strutt's fireproof constructions.
1.45pm Darley Abbey Historical Society
Alan Bradwell: The Search for the Abbey.
2.00 pm Holbrook Labour Movement Research Library
Keith Venables: The Labour Movement Library saved from the Skip.
2.15pm Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Educational Trust
Christopher Charlton: Voices and Visuals: reaching a wider audience for our stories. A short extract from Belper Voices 2.
The groups who will be attending:
Arkwright Society, Cromford Mills
Ashbourne Heritage Society
Bakewell Old House Museum / Bakewell & District Historical Society
Belper Historical Society
Belper North Mill Trust
Belper U3A Local History Research Group
Classics For All East Midlands / Derbyshire Classical Association
Darley Abbey Historical Society
Derbyshire Archaeological Society
Derbyshire Record Office
Derbyshire Record Society
Derbyshire Scouts Archaeology Badge
DVMWHS Educational Trust
Holbrook Labour Movement Research Library
The Magic Attic Archives
Market Place Group Belper
Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Labour History Society
Our Belper Mills
Peak District Mines Historical Society
Pentrich & South Wingfield Revolution Group
Pinxton & South Normanton Local History Society
South Wingfield Local History Group
The New Dishley Society / Ticknall Archaeological Research Group
VCH Trust
W W Winter Heritage Trust
Wingfield Station 1947
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