DERBY HERITAGE FORUM
WEB SITE
Last
update 16th December 2009
Members of the Derby Heritage forum:-
Honorary Chairman:-
Charles Clark-Maxwell – Lord of the Manors of Markeaton and
Allestree
The Manor of Markeaton and it's associated park are of great importance
to the understanding of the history of Derby and the Forum are grateful
for the enthusiastic contribution made by Charles.
Contact Charles at Email Contact
List
Members:-
Don Farnsworth
Don is a well known and respected historian with special interests in
Roman history in Derby and also the history of Markeaton Park. Don has
written a comprehensive history of Mackworth and Markeaton and his book
is currently available. Follow the link in Book List
for details. Don has been reviewing the history of the Markeaton Brook
and a paper is now available.(See Reports below).
Contact Don at Email Contact List
Chris Harris
Chris is the web master of the Derby Arboretum website, (See Links
below), which has achieved world-wide recognition. Chris has been able
to virtually rewrite the history books on the Derby Arboretum, it's
founder Joseph Strutt and the landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon.
Chris has given a lecture about the Derby Arboretum to an International
Conference held at the Linnaean Society during September 2006.
Chris is a regular contributor to the Derby Evening Telegraph Opinion
Page and Bygones as well as having Soapbox articles published; he was
also a contributor to Ron McKeown's Derby Trader Heritage column.
Ron McKeown
Ron wrote the Heritage Column in The Derby Trader free newspaper until
the paper closed in May 2008.
Ron describes himself as a “Heritage Activist” rather than an historian
and has written a controversial book, The Rivers of Time,
containing his research into the historic water levels around Derby and
the effects of these levels on the development of the town. The
research also indicates the evolution of Nottingham and the whole of
the Humber flood plains, which is most of the central eastern region of
England. Importantly, the evidence in the book is suggesting that the Medieval Warm Period
was warmer than today and that this caused higher water levels in the
Viking Period.
Also on the subject of Global Warming Ron's latest book containing an
investigation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicales for evidence of higher sea
and river levels during the Medieval Warm Period has been published. In
it Ron is suggesting that higher temperatures are normal and that the
Little Ice Age has confused the Climate Scientists causing them to
think that lower temperatures are normal. If Ron is right then we can
expect average temperatures to continue to rise and for sea and river
levels to follow.
Contact Ron at Email Contact List
Derek Palmer
Derek is probably the best known of Derby's heritage commentators with
a large number of books to his name and a busy talks schedule.
Derek is also known for his well dressings and instructs school
children on the art. Arising out of his well dressing activities are
Derek's unique material pictures.
Follow the link to a file showing examples.
Material pictures -
Derek Palmer. This is a pdf file and the link should open the document
in your Adobe Reader program. Use your browser navigation keys to
return to this page.
Contact Derek at Email Contact List
Kevin Archer
Kevin was Head of the Art department at St. Ralph Sherwin school in
Allestree, Derby in 1974 and worked there until he retired in 1997. On
retirement he began to produce historic
maps of the County of Derbyshire. (This is a pdf file and the
link should open the document in your Adobe Reader program. Use your
browser navigation keys to return to this page). Littleover was the
first map and following its popularity several more followed which were
available from the Heritage Center in Derby before its closure.
Kevin has published a book based on the 1852 map and this is now
available.
Brian Nash
Brian is a heritage investigator and has a number of projects ongoing
Book List
Follow the link for a list of books
writen by Forum members
Picture Gallery
Roman Road accross Darley
Playing Feild in July 2006. The outline of the road can be clearly seen
crossing the football pitch.
Floods on Darley Park
in June 2007
Medieval Strips of ridge
and furrow on Darley Park
Ripley branch line
in 1965 (This is a .pdf file)
The Great Northern Railway line
from Friar Gate Station to Darley Park (This is a .pdf file)
Investigations
Investigations undertaken by Derby Heritage Forum members are listed
here. Click the link to view current projects.
The Starkholmes Anomaly
and the Evolution of the River Derwent - Ron McKeown
Old East Prospect of Derby
- Dating evidence - Ron McKeown
Great Bridge of Derby
13th century - Ron McKeown
Reports
River Bank Works -
Evidence at Darley Abbey - Ron McKeown
Navigation
of the river Derwent at Darley Abbey - Ron McKeown
St Mary's Gate
Mills - Don Farnsworth
Markeaton Brook
revised - Don Farnsworth
Mackworth Church Armorial
Glass - Don Farnsworth
Investigation into the source of the
name "Derby" - Ron McKeown
These reports are in pdf format and the link should open the document
in your
Adobe Reader program. Use your browser navigation keys to return to
this page.
Video
Why not join the Derby Heritage Forum on a day trip to Markeaton Park?
In September 2007 our Chairman, Charles, who is Lord of the Manor of
Markeaton went to meet The Lady of Markeaton. The following link takes
you to You Tube. Markeaton
Lady
Links
Follow the link below to a list of interesting sites.
Links
