Sutton Scarsdale is a village in

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, England. It is in the

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district. It is very close to the

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. It is in the

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. The settlement is notable for a large, ruined former

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called Sutton Scarsdale Hall. Near to the settlement are the villages of

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and Arkwright Town.

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is named after the village.

Early history

This manor was in the

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in 1086. Under the title of “The lands of Roger de Poitou” it said:

In Sutton Scarsdale Stenulf had four
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of land to the geld. Land for five ploughs. The lord has there one plough and six villans and one
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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
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is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of
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before the
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. 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

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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).

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

Early history

Bess of Hardwick

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See also

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