Current exhibition
In this section we will showcase special items from our vast collection of original documents.
Troubled Times: Derbyshire and the Civil War
Long before the revolutions of the French and the Americans in the Eighteenth Century, Britain had experienced its own violent revolution that saw families split and friends divided, houses and churches destroyed, the king executed and a republic established.
This new exhibition looks at the how Derbyshire's role in the civil war, and its impact on it, is reflected in the primary sources that have survived to this day and are currently available for consultation at the record office.
The exhibition features only a small range of the material available, and is not intended as a full historical account of the civil war in Derbyshire. For those interested in more information about Derbyshire during the civil war, Brian Stone's Derbyshire in the Civil War (published in 1992 by Scarthin Books) is highly recommended, and it can be borrowed from several libraries across the county. Two other sources have been used in compiling this presentation: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography which can be accessed for free using your Derbyshire library card and the freely available British Civil Wars website (opens in a new window).
If you want to see any of the original material in the exhibition or other related material, it can be consulted free of charge in our search room in Matlock. Please contact us for more information on 01629 538347.
Previous exhibitions
The Female of the Derbyshire Species: A History of Women in Derbyshire
The Attic Chest: A collection of Regency poems, essays and general whimsy; edited by Eleanor Anne Porden, protofeminist and her father William, a Gothic Architect
Discovery! Inventors, Innovators and Entrepreneurs − Industrial Archives at Derbyshire Record Office
Related documents
The following document is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)