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Sutton Scarsdale is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the North East Derbyshire district. It is very close to the M1 motorway. It is in the civil parish of
Sutton cum Duckmanton Sutton cum Duckmanton is a civil parish in Derbyshire, England, between Bolsover and Chesterfield in the district of North East Derbyshire. The village has a parish church, a pub, The Arkwright Arms, and a parish council. Sutton cum Duckmanton ...
. The settlement is notable for a large, ruined former
stately home An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...
called
Sutton Scarsdale Hall Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian ruined stately home in Sutton Scarsdale, just outside Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Estate history The original Hall formed part of a Saxon estate owned by Wulfric Spott, who died in 1002 and left ...
. Near to the settlement are the villages of Heath, Temple Normanton and
Arkwright Town Arkwright Town, commonly referred to as Arkwright, is a village in Sutton cum Duckmanton, North East Derbyshire, England, that is notable for having moved its location in the early 1990s.Metropolitan Housing Trust stakeholders' newsletter, Octob ...
. Scarsdale, New York is named after the village.


Early history

This manor was in the Domesday book in 1086. Under the title of “The lands of Roger de Poitou” it said:
In Sutton Scarsdale Stenulf had four carucates of land to the geld. Land for five ploughs. The lord has there one plough and six villans and one
bordar Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which develope ...
with one plough, There is a mill rendering two shillings and eight acres of meadow. Woodland pasture half a league long and three furlongs broad. TRETRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of
King Edward King Edward may refer to: Monarchs of England and the United Kingdom * Edward the Elder (–924) * Edward the Martyr (–978) * Edward the Confessor (–1066) * Edward I of England (1239–1307) * Edward II of England (1284–1327) * Edward III o ...
before the Battle of Hastings. worth forty shillings now twenty shillings.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.744


Bess of Hardwick

Bess of Hardwick built a house, " Oldcotes" or "Owlcotes", where Arbella Stuart stayed in 1603, south of Sutton Scarsdale. The building was completely demolished.Alison Wiggins, ''Bess of Hardwick’s Letters: Language, Materiality, and Early Modern Epistolary Culture'' (Routledge, 2017), pp. 19-20: Pamela Kettle, ''Oldcotes: The Last Mansion Built by Bess of Hardwick'' (Merton Priory, 2000).


References and notes


See also

* Listed buildings in Sutton cum Duckmanton * List of places in Derbyshire


External links


360° Panorama of Sutton Scarsdale Hall
Villages in Derbyshire North East Derbyshire District {{Derbyshire-geo-stub