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Building record MDR2120 - Hosiery workshop, Farcroft Barn, Litton

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

SK: 164 749: Litton, Hosiery Workshop, Post Medieval in date: A two storey workshop, with a long top floor window, adjoining a house. Once a hosiery workshop, it is one of the few surviving workshops of this type in upland Derbyshire. (1,2)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Index: NDAT. 1414.
  • <2> Personal Observation: Smith, D M (Manchester University). 1960. Pers. Comm..
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). Derbyshire XVI.9.
  • <4> Index: Council for British Archaeology (CBA). CBA Industrial Archaeology Report Card. hosiery workshop, Litton.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 16431 74891 (point)
Civil Parish LITTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Apr 21 2015 9:52AM

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