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	Cromford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cromford, in Derbyshire, England, is a village that is one of the significant sites in the development of the Industrial Revolution.
		Cromford railway station is located on the Matlock-Derby Derwent Valley Line, and can be seen on the cover of the 1995 Oasis single Some Might Say.
		The Gell family, who were local Hopton landowners heavily involved in the nearby Wirksworth leadmining, had the Via Gellia built to connect Cromford and Grangemill in the 18th C. Cromford also has a village lock-up that was used to detain drunks and suspected criminals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cromford (221 words)

	Cromford Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cromford Canal ran 14.5 miles (23 km) from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England and thence to Pinxton.
		This would carry coal to Cromford, which was becoming industrialised, and limestone from the area for the growing iron industry.
		Arkwright complained that the canal crossed his land and insisted that water should be obtained from the river by raising the height of the weir at Masson Mill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cromford_Canal (1663 words)

	Cromford, Derbyshire - Homepage
		Cromford is a village in the county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England, on the southern edge of the Peak District.
		Cromford is set in a valley, surrounded by wooded hills and cliffs, bordered by the River Derwent to the east and vast quarries to the west.
		Cromford is also on the route of the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, which was officially opened by the Duke of Devonshire on 3 April 2003.
	www.pandyweb.freeserve.co.uk (744 words)

	Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
		Cromford is a village of contrasts, with its lower half resting by the gently flowing River Derwent and the upper climbing steeply up Cromford Hill to Black Rocks, where there are outstanding views.
		Cromford station, a splendid piece of railway architecture, on the Derby to Matlock line, is considered to be one of the loveliest railway journeys in the country.
		Cromford Steam Rally is now in its 34th year (2004) and is the largest steam traction rally in the Midlands.
	www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /cromford.htm (1277 words)

	Matlock Bath in Derbyshire - Cromford Canal
		It was to be cut from Langley Mill on the Erewash canal to Cromford.
		The remainder of the route to Cromford was narrow gauge and lockless.
		Cromford is a 10 minute car ride from Matlock Bath where there are plenty more places of interest including its famous cable car ride which will take you to the Heights of Abraham.
	www.joe.shakespeare.btinternet.co.uk /tranship.htm (318 words)

	Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
		The towpath is walkable from Cromford to Ambergate, a distance of five and a half miles, and the walk from Cromford Wharf to High Peak Junction is suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs.
		Cromford Wharf is the terminus of the canal and still possesses several interesting old canal buildings, a car park, toilets and a picnic area.
		Cromford was the first purpose built industrial village and it encompasses the site of the world’s first successful water-powered cotton mill.
	www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /cromfordcanal.htm (1012 words)

	GENUKI: Cromford, Derbyshire
		Photograph of a Pumping Station, Cromford, from Peter and Janet Kirk (by the Cromford Canal).
		A Description of Cromford and Directory for Wirksworth and Cromford, with the villages of Alderwasley, Brassington, Carsington, Hopton, Holloway, Lea and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.
		Cromford Village in Derbyshire - The History Zone - a very informative and entertaining history of Cromford, including a Time Line contrasting events in Cromford with those in the wider world.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Cromford/index.html (569 words)

	Cromford Canal History
		He was the pioneer of the factory system and his Cromford mill was the first successful water-powered cotton-spinning works.Being situated well away from the machine breakers who had wrecked many businesses elsewhere, Arkwright was finding Cromford a very difficult place to get his goods in and out of.
		As a result of this the Cromford Canal began to carry much less coal and the reduction in traffic was biting into their profits.After a meeting with the other local canals and the local colliery owners the canals reluctantly agreed to lower their tolls on coal carriage to Leicester.
		The Cromford Canal Company was one of the first to conclude that it was pointless to try and fight the railways.
	www.cromfordcanal.org.uk /history.html (3931 words)

	Cromford Mill, Sir Richard Arkwright and Cromford Canal
		Cromford Mill is the site of the first water powered cotton mill and is an important site in the Industrial Revolution.
		The section between Cromford and Ambergate was built in 1794 by William Jessop.
		The Cromford to Ambergate section of the canal has been owned by the Derbyshire County Council since 1974 since which time the Cromford Canal Society has been restoring it.
	www.derbyshireguide.co.uk /travel/cromford.htm (1725 words)

	Cromford in Derbyshire: History
		There are mentions of people "of", or "de" Cromford in the 13th century in the calendar of fines for the county of Derby, and in charters.
		Cromford was taxed at the rate of 18 pence in the pound, the agreement being signed by Sessor Thomas Lane on behalf of Cromford.
		In 1771 Richard Arkwright came to Cromford and he was to bring dramatic changes to this small scattered hamlet, whose inhabitants were dependent upon agriculture and the mining and smelting of lead.
	www.pandyweb.freeserve.co.uk /crom_his.html (12306 words)

	The Andrews Pages : Cromford, Derbyshire : White's Directory, 1857
		The oldest is the Hannage Sough, which relieved the mines to a certain depth; then the Cromford Sough was driven from the market place, in Cromford, but that became in the course of time useless; and about the year 1777, the Meerbrook Sough was commenced from the level of the Derwent, near Hotstandwell Bridge.
		CROMFORD, (anciently Crombeford) is situated in a deep valley on the south bank of the Derwent, enclosed by lofty limestone rocks on the north, south, and west; to the east a picturesque valley, finely wooded and clothed with rich herbage, stretches to a considerable distance.
		The Cromford Canal, which joins the Erewash canal near Langley bridge, opens a water commumcation to the east; the High Peak railway which joins the canal about 1 mile S. from Cromford, here communicates with the Midland Railway, affording every facility for the conveyance of coal, minerals, and limestone, to every part of the kingdom.
	www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com /dby/cromford/w1857.htm (2019 words)

	The Andrews Pages : Cromford, Derbyshire - Index to Trade Directories
		A good deal of the history of the village is tied up with, and many records of Cromford are amongst, the information of the adjacent parishes of Matlock and Matlock Bath, as well as with that of Wirksworth.
		The rocks lose their dense flness when we approach them, and are seen to be of no deeper colour than grey as they stand out from the face of the hill in a series of bastions of irregular outline and varying size.
		From the top, the view towards Matlock is superb, despite the mills at the entrance to the Lovers' Walks, for the rich woods lie in dense masses on the lower slopes of Masson, and the gorges of the Derwent are a perfect delight.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/terrace/pd65/dby/cromford/index.htm (812 words)

	Cromford in Derbyshire - cradle of the industrial revolution - information and photographs
		Cromford in Derbyshire, is a place many people simply pass through on their way to the Matlocks, Bakewell and other northerly places, but Cromford is very definitely worth taking a closer look at, because it is steeped in industrial history and often called the cradle of the industrial revolution.
		North Street in Cromford was built in 1776 and still to this day consists of terraced 3 storey buildings which were used to house the mill workers.
		There are 3 pubs in Cromford, one of which, the Greyhound Hotel was built by Arkwright, to house visitors to the mill and for the use by the local labour force.
	www.derbyshireuk.net /cromford.html (1764 words)

	Arkwright's Cromford Mill in the Peak District
		Established in 1771, Arkwright's Mill at Cromford (just south of Matlock Bath) is recognised as an internationally important site of the Industrial Revolution.
		Arkwright became known as the 'Father of the factory system' and built the village of Cromford in order to house the workforce of his mill.
		Cromford - a comprehensive and well put together web site about this important Derbyshire Village.
	www.thepeakdistrict.info /fast/html/cromford_mill.html (608 words)

	The Arkwright Society :: Cromford Mill
		The mills at Cromford with their powered machinery, large workforce and factory village became models for others throughout Britain and abroad.
		In Germany, at Cromford (just outside Dusseldorf) and in the United States, at Pawtucket in New England, the first mills using Arkwright’s technology have been restored and preserved as museums.
		The importance of Sir Richard's achievements in Cromford and his partners developments further south was recognised in December 2001 when UNESCO inscribed a twenty four kilometre stretch of the Derwent Valley between Matlock Bath and Derby.
	www.arkwrightsociety.org.uk /html/cm_index.html (281 words)

	The Britland family
		John Britland, of Cromford, a chapelry in the parish of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, living 1705-12, may well have been the progenitor of all the Britlands of Cromford, and we suspect, but cannot prove, that he was father of our earliest proven ancestor, Robert Britland.
		26 July 1739 in Wirksworth parish church, Mary Holmes, of Cromford at the time of their marriage, who as “Mary, wife of Robert Britland, of Cromford” was buried 26 Dec. 1783 in Wirksworth churchyard (her age at death not being stated in the record).
		29 Sept 1771 at Wirksworth as a son of Anthony and Ann Weston, of Cromford, buried 27 Jan. 1797 as a son of Anthony and Ann Weston, of Cromford.
	cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca /people/dobson/genealogy/ff/Britland.cfm (2507 words)

	Explore Cromford in Derbyshire
		It was built in 1821 to replace an earlier wooden structure carrying water from Cromford Sough to a wheel driving the first mill.
		In the original plans the station was to be sited at the south end of Cromford Meadows, where the line veered away from the river, with plans for a new canal wharf.
		From the front of the castle the end of the Tor at the Crossroads is visible, and the upper part of Cromford village beyond.
	www.pandyweb.freeserve.co.uk /crom_tor.html (5847 words)

	Cromford, Derbyshire, England - Photographs and history
		Cromford is an historic village set in the Derwent valley, with a picturesque 15th century bridge.
		The old High Peak Railway which formerly joined the Cromford Canal to Whaley Bridge is now the High Peak Trail.
		The Cromford canal is currently being restored to its former glory.
	www.derbyphotos.co.uk /areas_a_h/cromford.htm (622 words)

	WIRKSWORTH-Parish Records-CHPR Cromford & High Peak railway
		Just before reaching Cromford proper is a goods warehouse, close to which is a road crossing protected by an old hand-operated signal consisting of a rectangular oblong plate carried on a rotating post.
		At the foot of Sheep Pasture incline and between the road and the Cromford Canal are, Cromford Sidings, the old High Peak workshops, (still used for light repairs), and a small shed housing the solitary locomotive employed between Cromford and High Peak junction; this is usually an ex-L.N.W.R. 0-4-2 pannier tank.
		Following the closure of the Cromford and High Peak Railway, the land was purchased jointly by Derbyshire County Council and the Peak park Planning Board and in partnership with the Countryside Commission converted into the High Peak Trail.
	www.wirksworth.org.uk /Chpr.htm (3431 words)

	Ancient Mills in Derbyshire - Cromford old Mill and Masson mill
		The mills at Cromford became models which were copied bt Arkwright's partners and by his competitors.
		By 1790 all the principal buildings on the Cromford site had been completed and with the exception of the second mill and the "bow fronted" building, all have survived.
		A shortage of water caused by the diversion of the main source for lead drainage limited production and during the second half of the 19th century parts of the site were put to other uses.
	www.derbyshireuk.net /mills3.html (462 words)

	Cromford - The Black Rocks
		Cromford is the place where the later to be knighted, Richard Arkwright and his partners established in 1771 the first cotton-spinning mill thus heralding the start of the industrial revolution.
		Cromford is in fact, often referred to as the "Cradle of the Industrial Revolution".
		With so many places of interest close at hand and the addition of the Peak District scenery, it is no surprise that Derbyshire people, wherever they may travel, agree that there is no place like home.
	www.ilkcam.com /2003/030406/Cromford.html (347 words)

	Cromford Mill: Factory system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Cromford Mill was the world's first successful cotton spinning mill.
		Cromford was chosen as it had a reliable water supply.
		Cromford with the other mills noted, was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2002.
	www.bgs.ac.uk /foundation-web/CromfordMill.html (239 words)

	Celebrating Cromford 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Cromford in Derbyshire invites you to a village festival on 16, 17 & 18th June, 2006
		The model depicts Cromford Wharf (now the High Peak Junction), as it was in the 1930s, and extends from the Wharf Shed to the Cromford and High Peak Railway workshops, taking in the canal and the Midland Mainline railway.
		Written by John, the suite is based on his childhood recollections of growing up in Cromford, and on his Biddulph ancestors, who were millers at the Corn Mill, (now the Venture Centre).
	www.cromfordvillage.co.uk /celebrating (1298 words)

	Cromford, Peak District, Derbyshire
		The village of Cromford is built snugly amongst fine rock scenery and sits astride the main A6 Derby road at the southern end of Matlock Dale deep in the Derwent Valley.
		Cromford is also known as the `cradle` or `birthplace` of the Industrial Revolution for this was where Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), perhaps Britain`s first ever `industrial tycoon` and known as `The Father of the Factory System` chose to build the world`s first water-powered cotton mill in 1771.
		Just beyond Cromford Bridge is the site of the original ford over the Derwent from which the village takes it`s name, and on the left, the entrance to the rich pasture land of Willersley Castle, now a Methodist Guest House and Conference Centre.
	www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk /content.php?categoryId=121 (2014 words)

	Cromford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In February the Cromford Canal was opened to the southern portal of Butterley Tunnel.
		The canal branch, built jointly by Nightingale and the Cromford Canal Company, was just ½ a mile long but it provided access to a number of quarries, two lead-works, cotton mills and a hat factory.
		The engine is of Boulton and Watts style though it was actually built by Graham and Co. It was restored by the canal trust and is sometimes open for viewing with full steam demonstrations on certain weekends during summer.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/cromfordcanal.htm (7811 words)

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