Belper
Belper () is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. Along with Belper, the parish includes the village of Milford and the hamlets ...
is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
Amber Valley
Amber Valley is a local government district with borough status in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. Its council is based in Ripley. The district covers a semi-rural area lying to the north of the city of ...
district of
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
, England. The parish contains over 250
listed buildings
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, ...
. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, 15 are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the town of Belper, the village of
Milford, smaller settlements, including Makeney and Bargate, and the surrounding countryside. Industry has been a major feature in the town, initially with nail making, and some workshops have survived and are listed. Major industry arrived towards the end of the 18th century when
Jedediah Strutt
Jedediah Strutt (1726 – 7 May 1797) or Jedidiah Strutt – as he spelled it – was a hosier and cotton spinner from Belper, England.
Strutt and his brother-in-law William Woollat developed an attachment to the stocking frame that allowed ...
and
Richard Arkwright
Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as ...
built a textile mill in the town. Later, Arkwright moved away, and more mills were built by Strutt, and later by his sons.
North Mill was built in 1804 by
William Strutt, it was one of the first iron-framed and fireproof mills to be built, and is listed at Grade I. The Strutt family built housing for their workers in Belper and Milford, usually in the form of long terraces, many of which have survived and are listed. The family also built farms to produce food for the community, including Crossroads Farm, Dalley Farm, Wyver Farm, and Moscow Farm; the farmhouses and associated farm buildings are listed.
Between 1835 and 1840 the
North Midland Railway
The North Midland Railway was a railway line and Great Britain, British railway company, which opened a line from the city of Derby in Derbyshire to the city of Leeds in Yorkshire in 1840.
At Derby, it connected with the Birmingham and Derby J ...
built a line through the centre of the town which passed through a deep cutting. The series of bridges crossing the line in the town and to the south are listed. Also, to the south, the line passed through
Milford Tunnel; the
portals of the tunnel and a tower built during its construction are listed. The
River Derwent passes through the parish, and the listed buildings associated with it are bridges,
weir
A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...
s and
sluice
A sluice ( ) is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. There are various types of sluice gates, including flap sluice gates and fan gates. Different depths are calculated when design s ...
s. Within the town and villages, most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages and associated structures, shops, churches, chapels and associated items, public houses and hotels, industrial buildings, some of which have been converted for other uses, schools, and public buildings. The other listed buildings in the town and villages include
almshouse
An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) is charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the Middle Ages. They were often built for the poor of a locality, for those who had held ce ...
s, a former
workhouse
In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (, lit. "poor-house") was a total institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. In Scotland, they were usually known as Scottish poorhouse, poorh ...
, later a hospital, cemetery buildings, a
drinking fountain
A drinking fountain, also called a water fountain or water bubbler, is a fountain designed to provide drinking water. It consists of a basin with either continuously running water or a tap. The drinker bends down to the stream of water and s ...
, a bandstand, war memorials, and telephone kiosks. Outside the urban areas, the listed buildings include farmhouses and farm buildings, a former
toll house
A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road, canal, or toll bridge.
History
Many tollhouses were built by turnpike trusts in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th and ...
, a milestone, and a former firing range.
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