DOCUMENTS: The Strutt Archives
This is an selective index to the Strutt collection in the Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock. It lists miscellaneous documents and reference materials that may be of use in tracing people and deeds relevant to the project. Estate Maps and Plans and the Strutt Scrapbook Reference numbers are listed separately on the Maps and Plans page.
A complete index of the Strutt Collections, Maps and Plans, and also the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions is available online. Please see the LINKS page.
References & Indices
D3772/T13/3/1-3 Creation dates: 1832-1833
Footpaths and roads at Belper
- D3772/T13/3/1 Conveyance of part of the line of a road at Belper, from the Shire Oaks road to the Four Lane Ends, with plan, 1832 (Trustees of the Ashbourne and Belper Road - Strutt)
- D3772/T13/3/2 Conveyance of waste land adjoining the road to Wirksworth near Four Lane Ends, with plan, 1832 (Trustees of the Duffield to Wirksworth Turnpike Road - Strutt)
- D3772/T13/3/3 Order for stopping up a footway at Belper from the Ashbourne turnpike road across fields towards Milford, with plan and note that the footway was sold to Strutt 1833
- [Formerly Box 13 Bundle No 118]
D3772/T40/1 Card index arranged alphabetically by person/property
(Bundle/parcel references equate to D3772/T so bundle/parcel 26 is listed as D3772/T26)
D3772/T40/2 Creation dates: 1877
Index to deeds of W G and J Strutt
Arranged alphabetically by name of party, giving page references (to estate book?) and, in some cases, bundle/parcel number
D3772/T40/3/1-2 Creation dates: 19th cent
Index to No.2 Book of Deeds belonging to G H Strutt
(One marked draft, but both appear to have been kept up), arranged alphabetically by name/subject, gives page reference and, in some cases, bundle/parcel number
D3772/T40/4 Creation dates: 1878
Index to deeds by date made in Jan 1878
Covering 1588-1907, gives page reference
D3772/T40/5 Creation dates: 19th-20th cent
Index to deeds by date marked No.2, covering 1607-1929 , gives page ref.
D3772/E1/1 Creation dates: 1840
Reference book to the land in the Township of Belper
D3772/E1/2 Creation dates: 1842
Copy of Tithe Commutation Schedule, Belper 17 Nov
D3772/E2/1 Creation dates: 1839
Copy of Tithe Commutation Schedule, Duffield with index to plan numbers
D3772/E10/1-2 Creation dates: 1765-1796
Lists of Mr Strutt's title deeds D3772/E10/3 c1765-c1815
Volume listing deeds, rents, agreements
D3772/E10/4 Creation dates: [late 19th cent]
Volume listing maps, plans and old books
Estate Surveys
D3772/E16/1 Creation dates: 1820
Reference book recording the Particulars of the Derbyshire Estates of William, George Benson and Joseph Strutt according to the surveys of 1819 and 1820. Surveyed by J.B.H. Bennett.
Gives the name of occupier, a description of the land use, and the area for each parcel of land, for estates in Belper, Duffield, Makeney, Hazelwood, Heage, Ashleyhay, Crich, the borough of Derby, and the Derby parishes of All Saints and St Peter.
The appendices detail the amount of copyhold land, and record the tithes and land tax payable on the estates
D3772/E16/2 Creation dates: 1863
Schedule of the Strutt Estate, October 1863. Arranged by Parish and, within each Parish, numerically by ordnance survey number of parcel of land.
Records area of property, description of land use, name of property, property number, and name of tenant, for Shottle and Postern, Hazelwood, Milford, Duffield, Heage, Alderwasley, Belper, Holbrook and Kilburn
Including: a useful list of rents and tithes.
D3772/E25/2 Creation dates: 1820
Volume: survey of old inclosures and allotments with roads etc in the award dated 11 May 1791 and in the schedules and plans annexed to it, under Act for inclosure of commons called Belper and Chevin Wards and waste lands in liberties of Belper, Duffield, Hazelwood and Makeney, extracted from the award in 1820, noting that it may not be entirely accurate because of the condition of the originals.
Includes an index to numbers of old inclosures and allotments ; account of estates recording proprietors, index and award, refs liberties, properties, acreages; exchanges; lists of roads etc including those abolished. By J B H Bennett
- D3772/E25/2/1-2 Proposals relating to enclosure of Belper Ward and Chevin, Dec 1783 and 1786
- D3772/E25/2/3 Notice concerning tithe payments Belper and Chevin Wards, Jan 1791
- D3772/E25/2/4 Legal opinion relating to wall and public highway, Jul 1791
- D3772/E25/2/5 Extract from case re highway (1903)
- D3772/E25/3 Creation dates: 1791
- Commissioners assessment of expenses of the award, listing proprietors and allotting costs under 5 headings to each proprietor. Fixed to door of Belper Chapel, 20 Mar
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