DUFFIELD CASTLE.
(Reprinted from the Derbyshire Advertiser)

LECTURE

BY

WILLIAM BLAND,

HEADMASTER OF THE ENDOWED SCHOOL, DUFFIELD

AT THE
TEMPERANCE HALL, WIRKSWORTH,
ON
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 1887.

H. CHANDOS-POLE-GELL, ESQ.,
High Sheriff of the County of Derby,
IN THE CHAIR.

PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.

PRINTED AT THE "ADVERTISER" OFFICE, DERBY.

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I- Introduction
Celtic occupation
Roman occupation
Anglo Saxon occupation
Anglo Saxon Burhs
Norman Invasion
Henry de Ferrars

II - Recent Excavations and Discoveries on Castle Hill
Introduction
Description of the castle and outworks.
The Burh,
The Keep,
The Forebuilding
The Stones, Masonic Signs, etc
Miscellaneous Finds
Human Bones, etc.
Kitchen and other Bones
Cutting through the Mound.
Excavations near the moat
The Old Ford

III- Norman pottery.
The Burley (Duffield) Pots.

IV - the Earls de Ferrars. (g).
Henry de Ferrars
Robert de Ferrars
Robert de Ferrars, the younger
William de Ferrars
William de Ferrars, the second
William de Ferrars the third
Robert de Ferrars, the third

V - Connection between the discoveries on Castle Hill and the ancient history of the place and neighbourhood.
Domesday survey
Earlier unwritten history of Duffield

Works consulted and referred to