Pentrich a village full of history Until 1540 the village belonged to Darley Abbey but then passed through the hands of the Zouch family before coming into the Cavendish family, later Dukes of Devonshire, in 1634. Pentrich remained part of the Chatsworth Estate for over 400 years. The Black Death visited Pentrich in 1349, when three vicars died in one year. This was still very much a rural, agricultural community. The medieval field system changed little over the years approaching Pentrich from Derby on the A38 it is still possible to see the parallel hedges, which show where the “messuages” or crofts would have been. Some Pentrich houses still stand exactly where medieval cottages were shown in maps of the 16th and 17th centuries. |
