Hello the list I am deep into writing up my own Derbyshire history and I would really appreciate some help. My 3xg grandfather James had a brother Moses who was born at Derby Hall when his father was schoolmaster in Bugsworth. Doing LOTS of Googling (since I can't get access to physical maps etc, or books) I cannot find where Derby Hall is/was. I have uncovered other baptism records also listing Derby Hall, Bugsworth, so it must have been somewhere. Another relative visited Buxworth and asked for any information about Derby Hall but no-one who was spoken with seemed to know anything about it. Can anyone clear up whether there was a Derby Hall anywhere in Bugsworth about 1850 or whether Derby Hall has now been called something else? Can anyone tell me if the schoolhouse was called Derby Hall? Is the schoolhouse the stone house on the opposite side of the road from the Navigation Inn that I can see on Google maps? Thank you Lynne Simpson Canberra Australia --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hello Lynne At the 1851 census there was an area of Bugsworth called Derby Hall containing several families - WALKER; JOHNSON; VARNON (VERNON); YATES and BENNETT, none of whom are listed as schoolteachers. Assuming the census is in geographical order the enumerator appears to have travelled from Brierley Green down to the Navigation Inn, taken in Bugsworth Hall and then gone up towards Silk Hill - the BENNETT family were given the address of Derby Hall but also of Lime Kilns which were at the Navigation end. The original school was at the foot of Silk Hill. The address Derby Hall seems not to have been used in the 1861 census with Barren Clough and Wheston covering the probable area with a couple of families being shown as Silk Hill. Also the enumerator followed a different route coming over from Whitehough. When we lived in Bugsworth/Buxworth - from about 1968 to 1972 - we lived on Western Lane but the area was also known as Barren Clough. If you let me know the surname you are researching I probably have more information. best wishes Marjorie Ward Derbyshire, UK Sources for Disley; Lyme Handley; Taxal & Whaley www.disley.net Sources for NWDby incl Chapel; Charlesworth; Chinley; Fernilee; Glossop; Hayfield; Hope Valley; Mellor & New Mills http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dusk John Ward Paintings: www.johnward-art.com