Sutton Scarsdale is a very small village in Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, England

England

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. It is in the North East Derbyshire

North East Derbyshire

North East Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire....

 district. It is very close to the M1 motorway

M1 motorway

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The settlement is notable for a large, ruined former stately home

Stately home

A stately home is a "great country house". It is thus a palatial great house or in some cases an updated castle, located in the British Isles, mostly built between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property...

 called Sutton Scarsdale Hall

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a Grade 1 listed Georgian ruined stately home in Sutton Scarsdale, just outside Chesterfield, Derbyshire.-Estate history:...

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Near to the settlement are the villages of Heath

Heath, Derbyshire

Heath is a village in the North East Derbyshire district of the English county of Derbyshire.- Location :Heath is immediately adjacent to junction 29 of the M1 motorway and the A617 dual carriageway into Chesterfield....

, Temple Normanton

Temple Normanton

Temple Normanton is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county.The village sits on a prominent hill top three miles south of Chesterfield. It comprises two villages formerly known as North Normanton and Little Normanton. It is close to the villages...

 and Arkwright Town

Arkwright Town

Arkwright Town, commonly referred to as Arkwright, is a settlement in North East Derbyshire, England that is notable for having moved its location in the early 1990s. Despite its name, the settlement has no official town status....

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Early history

This manor was in the Domesday book in 1086. Under the title of “The lands of Roger de Poitou” it said:

In Sutton Scarsdale Stenulf had four carucates of land to the geld. Land for five ploughs. The lord has there one plough and six villans and one bordar with one plough, There is a mill rendering two shillings and eight acres of meadow. Woodland pasture half a league long and three furlongs broad. TRE worth forty shillings now twenty shillings.

External links

• 360° Panorama of Sutton Scarsdale Hall