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Duffield Castle
Lecture by William Bland
at the Temperance Hall, Wirksworth, on Tuesday, January 11th 1887

WORKS CONSULTED AND REFERRED TO.


(a) "Ceramic Art in Great Britain," by Ll. Jewitt, F.S.A. London: Virtue and Co. 2 vols., 1878.
(Copy in Derby Free Library).

(b) "Early History of Wirksworth and its Lead Mining," by W. Webb, M.D. Derby: Bemrose & Sons.

(c) "Medieval Military Architecture," by Geo. T. Clarke. London: Wyman & Sons. 2 vols., 1884.

(d) "Survey of Woods and Forests in Duffield Frith," 2 Queen Elizabeth. Public Record Office.

(e) "Half hours with some English Antiquities," by Ll. Jewitt, F.S.A. London: W.H. Allen and Co.1884.

(f) "Reliquary," edited by Ll. Jewitt, F.S.A. Derby: Derby: Bemrose & Sons.1861-2.
(Copy in Derby Free Library.)

(g) "History of Tutbury," by Sir Oswald Mosley.
(Copy in Derby Free Library.)

(h) "Contemporary Review," December, 1886. London: Isbister and Co.

(i) "Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society," Vol.IX. Derby: Bemrose & Sons.1887.


SUMMARY OF THE REPORT OF THE DERBYSHIRE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ON THE EXCAVATIONS
ON DUFFIELD CASTLE HILL.

Mr. Arthur Cox, the hon. secretary, read the annual report, which embraced the society's operations since the last meeting, including the expeditions to Ratcliffe and Kingston, Ashover and Dethick, and Duffield. The matter of the greatest value and import to all interested in archaeology generally, and the history of the county in particular, had been the discovery of the remains of Duffield Castle. After giving an account of the work of excavations, &c., the report stated that if there were more men in the world as willing to oblige as Mr. Harvey (the owner of the site of Duffield castle) and as willing to take up hard work as Mr. Bland - (applause) - archaeological research would be much easier to carry out than it is at present. (Applause.) The work done at Duffield had been done well, and the result was an invaluable addition to the history of this country, as well as a matter of sincere congratulation to every archaeologist in the world. - Derbyshire Advertiser, Feb. 11th, 1887.


LETTER FROM MR. GEO. T. CLARK, AUTHOR OF
"MEDIAEVAL MILITARY ARCHITECTURE."

Talygarn,
Llantrissant,
Feb. 17th, 1887.

Dear Sir,
Your account of the remains of Duffield Castle is very interesting, and the arrangements tally generally with those of the larger Norman Keeps. The double Chambers, the Well, the Garderobe, and the Forebuilding. The best example of the last is at Castle Rising.
I am glad to hear that you propose to print your lecture in a permanent form.

Yours very truly,
Geo. T. Clark.

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