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Ripley and District Heritage Trust

Ripley and District Heritage Trust

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  • History by Place
    • Butterley Hall
    • Butterley Hill
    • Chapel Street
    • Church Street
    • Cromford Road
    • Derby Road
    • Grosvenor Road
    • Market Place
      • The Village Green
    • Malthouse Yard
    • Nottingham Road
    • Oxford Street
    • Padley Hall
    • Sandham Lane
    • Steam Mill Lane
  • History by Theme
    • Churches
      • All Saints Church
      • The Salvation Army in Ripley
    • Co-op
      • The History of The Ripley Co-operative Society
      • Funny Money
      • Walter Brierley on the Co-op
    • Entertainment
      • Clarion Clubs
      • Carnival!
      • Music Hall in Ripley
      • Jubilee as it used to be
      • Ripley Fair
    • environment
      • Refuse Collection
      • Dirty Old Town
      • The Coming of gas
    • Friendly Societies
      • The Loyal United Sisters
      • The Pure Order of United Britons
    • Industry
      • Beach and Loades
      • Ogles
      • Ripley Breweries
      • Smedleys Mineral Waters
    • Local Government
      • Riotous Ripley
      • Ripley Police
      • Early Ambulances
    • The Pentrich Rising
      • Letters from Botany Bay
    • Pubs
      • Albion Inn
      • Angel Inn
      • The Cock Hotel
      • Devonshire Arms
      • The Greyhound Inn
      • The Pear Tree Inn
      • The Red Lion
      • The Thorn Tree
      • The White Lion
    • Ripley Hospital
    • Schools
      • Early Schools in Ripley
      • Shirley Road Council Schools
    • shops
      • A Nation of Shopkeepers
      • Clarkes
      • The Post Office in Ripley
      • Wilkinson Herbalist
    • Transport
      • The First Motor Car
      • Railways
      • The Ripley Rattlers
      • Trolleybuses in Ripley
    • World War 1
      • Shelter from the Storm
      • The First of the Many : John Knowles
    • world war 2
      • Prisoners of War
      • The Spitfire Fund
  • History by Person
    • A-L by surname
      • Maud Perceval Allen
      • The Argile family
      • Walter Brierley
      • Thomas Brightmore
      • Johnson Clark
      • The Crossley family
      • Thomas Dring
      • Ernest Joseph Ellis-Femor
      • W. H. Fletcher
      • Edwin Henry
      • Marshall Hooper
      • The Horne family of Butterley Hall
      • Ronnie Horton
      • Arthur King
      • Thomas Leaman
    • M-Z by surname
      • Beatrice Marshall
      • John Marshall
      • Dr Mullan-Feroze
      • Joseph Millott Severn
      • Agnes E Slack
      • Henry Stanley
      • Thomas Topham
      • Margaret Wain
      • Robert Whysall
      • The History Makers
  • Butterley Company
    • DVD (Youtube link) : The Story of the Butterley Company
    • Butterley ironworks Trust
      • Butterley Ironworks : The Future
      • Butterley blast furnaces
      • Outram’s First Furnace 1791
      • Butterley Ironworks Keystone 1791
    • Company Profile
      • Timeline
      • The Making of the Documentary about the Rise and Fall of the Butterley Company
      • The Origins of the Butterley Company
      • Butterley’s 19th Century Chief Engineers
      • Recent Acquisitions
    • Butterley People
      • John Borwell
      • The Butterley Billionaire
      • The Founders
      • George Goodwin
    • Ironworks (Ripley)
      • A Thirsty Giant
      • The Foundry
      • Machine Shop
      • Constructional Dept.
      • Erectors
      • The Butterley Liftpark
    • Codnor Park Works
      • The Origin of Codnor Park Ironworks
      • Wagon Works
      • Steel Works
    • Mines & Quarries
      • The 1893 Miners’ Strike
      • the 1893 miners lock-out
    • Brickworks
      • Butterley Brick
    • Engineering Achievements
      • Ripley and the Rajah
      • Engines
        • Early Locomotives
    • Factoids
      • Butterley Ironworks
  • The Trust
    • Links
    • Events
    • Publications for Sale
    • Committee 2026-2027
    • Privacy Policy
    • Meetings
    • Membership
    • Newsletters
    • Walks
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Links

Here are a few links to other local heritage sites:

Stuart Saint’s Codnor site has everything you could wish to know about Codnor

The Pentrich Revolution 1817

The Friends of Cromford Canal

The Midland Railway at Butterley

Heage Windmill

Heanor and District Local History Society

Belper Research site has lots of resources about the town.

Welcome to the Ripley and District Heritage Trust.

We are a small voluntary group based in Ripley, Derbyshire, Uk.

Our aim is to collect and conserve documents and artefacts relating to the history of Ripley and district.

You can join our mailing list for free by contacting us on ripleyheritage1@gmail.com and sending us your details (name, address, email).

Contact : ripleyheritage1@gmail.com

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