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Duffield

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A postally unused postcard that was printed in Derby. The card has a divided back.

Duffield

Duffield is a village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Derby. 

It is centred on the western bank of the River Derwent at the mouth of the River Ecclesbourne. It is within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Area and the southern foothills of the Pennines.

For such a small village, Duffield seems to have been well served with public houses. Near the church was the White Lion, and nearby on the main road was the Noah's Ark, a coaching inn. 

Still in existence is the White Hart, which is not the original building, and a little further up was the Nag's Head. Next is the King's Head, probably the oldest still in existence. When the Commissioners appointed by Parliament to divide up the common and waste lands of Duffield Parish sat in 1787, they held their meetings at the King's Head.

At the top of Crown Street used to be the Crown Inn, and still existing up Hazlewood Road is the New Inn, although this has been converted into a private dwelling. Outside it is a broad flat-topped wall. In the days before Hazelwood had its own cemetery, it is said that funeral parties would stop for refreshment before completing their journey to the church, and would leave the coffin resting on the wall. 

There was also a Railway Inn near the station and a Castle Inn, near the Parish Room. The Patten Makers' Arms is in Crown Street, named after the pattens which were a type of clog that people made there.

In 1957 Ecclesbourne School was founded, when George Wimpey, the building developer, built new estates, raising the population of Duffield to around 5000. One was between Wirksworth Road and the River Ecclesbourne. 

The other was to the south of Wirksworth Road, extending New Zealand Lane and the previously privately maintained Broadway. The intention was for the latter to meet the Wirksworth Road at Cumberhills Road, but where it crossed New Zealand Lane, the landowner refused to sell, and it was several years before there was a right of way.

Taken on: May 29, 2023

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