General history: Principal gentry seats, forests and deer-parks

Magna Britannia: Volume 5, Derbyshire. Originally published by T Cadell and W Davies, London, 1817.

'General history: Principal gentry seats, forests and deer-parks', in Magna Britannia: Volume 5, Derbyshire, (London, 1817) pp. clxvii-clxx. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol5/clxvii-clxx [accessed 23 April 2024]

Principal Seats, Halls, Mansions, &c. the Residence of Gentry.



Names of the Seats.	Parishes.	Owners or Occupiers.
Alfreton		Rev. Henry Case Morewood.
Aldercar	Heanor	In the tenure of Rev. John Smith.
Alderwasley		Francis Hurt, Esq.
Allestrey		I. C. Girardot, Esq.
Aston		Rev. Charles Holden.
Bank-hall	Chapel-en-le-Frith	Samuel Frith, Esq.
Barlborough		Cornelius Heathcote Rodes, Esq.
Barrow		John Beaumont, Esq.
Barton-Blount		Francis Bradshaw, Esq.
Beauchief-Abbey		P. Pegge Burnell, Esq., (in the occupation of Broughton Stead, Esq.)
Bradley		Godfrey Meynell, Esq.
Breadsall-Priory		Mrs. Darwin.
Bridge-end	Duffield	G. B. Strutt, Esq.
Castle-field	Derby	John Burrow Esq., (in the occupation of the Rt. Hon. Lady Grey de Ruthin.)
Catton	Croxall	Eusebius Horton, Esq.
Croxall		Late Thomas Prinsep, Esq. (uninhabited.)
Darley-Abbey	Derby	Robert Holden, Esq.
Duffield		John Balguy, Esq.
Durant-hall	Chesterfield	Sir George Colvile, (in right of his Lady.) Adam Barker Slater, Esq.
Ednaston-lodge	Brailsford	Honourable Washington Shirley.
Etwall		William Cotton, Esq.
Ford	North-Winfield	Mrs. Holland.
Foston.	Scropton	Charles Broadhurst, Esq.
Glapwell	Bolsover	Thomas Hallowes, Esq.
Hasland	Chesterfield	Thomas Lucas, Esq.
Hathersage		Ashton Ashton Shuttleworth, Esq
Highfield	Chesterfield	Vincent Henry Eyre, Esq.
Hilcote-hall	Blackwell	John Wilkinson, Esq.
Holme-hall	Bakewell	Robert Birch, Esq.
Holt-house	Darley	George Mower, Esq.
Hopton	Wirksworth	Philip Ge!l, Esq., M. P.
Hopwell	Sawley	Thomas Pares, Esq.
Ingleby		In occupation of R. C. Greaves, Esq.
Langley-park		Godfrey Meynell, Esq.
Learn	Eyam	Marmaduke Middleton Middletoo, Esq.
Locko	Spondon	William Drury Lowe, Esq.
Longford		Edward Coke, Esq.
Little-Longsdon	Bakewell	James Longsdon, Esq.
Markeaton	Mackworth	Francis Mundy, Esq.
Mearsbrook	Norton	Samuel Shore, Esq.
Measham-ficld		Edward Abney, Esq.
Mellor	Glossop	Samuel Oldknow, Esq.
Millford	Duffield	G. H. Strutt, Esq.
Newton-Solney		Abraham Hoskins, Esq.
Norton-hall		Samuel Shore, jun. Esq.
Norton-house		In the occupation of John Read, Esq.
The Oaks	Norton	Sir William Chambers Bagshaw, Knt.
Ogstone	Morton	William Turbutt, Esq.
Little-Over	Mickle-over	Baclie Heathcote, Esq.
The Pastures	Mickle-over	The late John Peele Esq.
Radborne		Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, Esq.
Risley		Rev. John Hancock Hall.
Romeley	Barlborough	Rev. Thomas Hill.
Shardelotv	Aston	Leonard Fosbrooke, Esq.
Shipley	Heanor	Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., M. P.
Smalley	Morley	John Radford, Esq.
Stainsby	Horsley	Edward Sacheverell Sitwell, Esq.
Stanton	Youlgrave	Bache Thornhill, Esq.
Stoke-hall	Hope	Honourable John Simpson, (intheoccupation of Robert Arkwright, Esq.)
Stubbings	Chapelry of Wing worth	C. Dakeyne Giadwin, Esq.
Tapton-Grove	Chapelry of BrimingtonA family of the here ditary	Avery Jebb, Esq.
Thurlston	Chapelry of Alvaston	Samuel Fox, Esq.
Tupton	North-Winfield	William Allwood Lord, Esq.
Walton		Colonel Disbrowe, in the occupation of Edward Mundy;Esq.
Walton -Lodge	Chesterfield	Joshua Jebb, Esq.
Wheat-hills	Mackworth	In the occupation of Richard Bateman,Esq.
Willersley		Richard Arkwright, Esq., M. P.
South-Winfield		Winfield Halton, Esq.
Wirksworth-gatehouse		Philip Cell, Esq.

Among the principal seats of Gentry may be reckoned, Alderwasley, Alfreton, AHestrey, Barlborough, Catton, Foston, Hopton, Learn, Locko, Longford, Markeaton, Norton-hall, Shipley, Stanton, and Willersley.

Forests and Deer-Parks.

THE King's forest of the Peak was of great extent. That in ancient times it was much infested with wolves is evident. A family of the hereditary name of Wolfhunt held lands by the service of keeping the forest clear of those destructive animals. It seems that they had ceased to be inhabitants of the forest before the reign of Edward II.; for a record of that period states, that Johnle Wolfhunt, son of. John le Wolfhunt, held certain lands by the service of taking and destroying all wolves that should come into His Majesty's forest of the Peak. The Peak-forest is spoken of as plentifully stocked with deer in the year 1634 (fn. n1) : it is probable that they were destroyed in the civil war.

Belper-park, belonging to the duchy of Lancaster, was kept up as a park in the early part of the seventeenth century. There were anciently six other parks in and near Duffield, belonging to the Earls of Lancaster.

Besides these there were, in the early part of the fourteenth century, not less than fifty-four deer-parks in Derbyshire, belonging to monastic bodies and individuals (fn. n2), as may be seen in the following table.



Parishes.	Parks.
Alfreton	One park.
All-Saints', Derby	Lohg-Eaton.
Ashborne	Tissington-park.
Ashover	Overton-park.
Barlborough	Three parks.
Bakewell	Chatsworth-park.
———	Haddon-park.
Bolsover	One park.
Breadsall	One park.
Chesterfield	Walton-park.
Cubley	One park.
Doveridge	Holt-park.
Dronfield	Holmesfield-park
Duffield	Champayne-park.
Heanor	Four parks at Codnor.
— —	Two parks at Shipley.
— —	Aldercar-park.
— —	Loscoe-park.
Horsley	Denby-park.
Elmton	One park.
likes ton	Two parks.
Langley	One park.
Langwith	Two parks.
Longford	One park.
Morley	Kiddersley-park,
Morton	One park.
Norton	One park.
Kirk-Hallam	One park, besides Maperley.
Ockbrook	Two parks.
Pentrich	Two parks at Butterley
Pleasley	One park.
Repton	One park.
Sawley	Woodhall-park.
Scarcliffe	One park.
ShirJand	One park.
Smithsby	One park.
Spondon	Locko-park.
— —	Stanley-park.
Stavely	One park.
Sudbury	One park.
South-Winfield	Two parks.

There are now, we believe, only thirteen deer-parks in Derbyshire;viz. Chatsworth and Hardwick, belonging to the Duke of Devonshire; Bretby, to the Earl of Chesterfield; Sudbury, to Lord Vernon; Kedleston, to Lord Scarsdale j Sutton, to the Marquis of Ormond; Drakelow, to Sir Roger Gresley; Calke, to Sir Henry Crewe; Wingerworth, to Sir Henry Hunloke; Alderwasley, to Francis Hurt, Esq.; Alfreton, to the Rev. H. C. Morewood; Locko, to W. D. Lowe, Esq.; Norton, to Samuel Shore, junior, Esq.; and Stanton, to Bache Thornhill, Esq.