Pentrich Historical Society
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Updated Sunday, 07 May, 2006

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Pentrich a village full of history

Another Methodist chapel at Buckland Hollow (close to plaque 4) was built as a house by a man named Wheatcroft a carrier on the canals. It was used as a chapel until it was pulled down in the 1960’s. From Buckland Hollow, incidentally, a daily service carrying goods by water to Nottingham was offered.

The Industrial Revolution began to change Pentrich very early on. The Milestone at plaque 5 was made by J. Haywood Jnr., marking the arrival of the Turnpike road which came through late in the 18th century; from which Pentrich residents could collect income.
Milestone

Milestone

At about the same time (1790) Butterley Engineering Ltd was founded as Benjamin Outram & Company, to develop the coal and iron deposits in the Butterley area. The first blast furnace and foundry were built on the present site. The original partners were Benjamin Outram, William Jessop Snr., John Wright and Francis Beresford.

Outram and Jessop were prominent engineers, noted particularly for the construction of canals and the development of railways and docks in the UK and overseas. The name was changed to the Butterley Company in 1807, the gatehouse (at plaque 3) was probably built at that time, shortly after the construction of the Derby to Alfreton turnpike. The company’s famous contracts included structure of St. Pancras Station in London for the Midland Railway Company in 1868.

Today Butterley Engineering continues in the same tradition of mechanical and structural engineers for major projects world-wide.

See Current News Story (Jan 2005) regarding Job cuts at Butterley Engineering