At the Heritage Centre
If you’re on the look-out for a souvenir of your visit to Wirksworth, this is the place to come. We have a great range of cards, books and gifts, including T’Owd Man and Wirksworth branded items to suit all tastes and pockets.
Many of our gifts and souvenirs are available to purchase through our secure website and make fantastic presents. Please browse through the items below.
If you would like to have items shipped to outside of the UK, please contact info@wirksworthheritagecentre.org directly.
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Woolly Rhino
£9.00 – £15.00Woolly rhino plush toy in 2 sizes.
Small – 27cm (length)
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Bobby’s War
£7.99Romantic history novel by the winner of the 2021 Romantic Saga Award
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DVM – Cromford Revisited
£18.00This new study of Cromford, the Arkwright family’s factory village, tells of the origins and growth of this iconic settlement through to its inscription within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site in 2001.
A Derwent Valley Mills publication https://derwentvalleymillset.org.uk/
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DVM – The Arkwrights – Spinners of Fortune
£18.00The definitive biography of Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) and the first detailed account of the life of his only son Richard Arkwright Junior (1755-1843).
A Derwent Valley Mills publication https://derwentvalleymillset.org.uk/
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DVM – The Derwent Valley Mills and their Communities
£18.00The story of the industrialisation of Derbyshire’s Derwent Valley during the last thirty years of the eighteenth century and beyond by successive generations of textile factory masters.
A Derwent Valley Mills publication https://derwentvalleymillset.org.uk/
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DVM – The Strutts and the Arkwrights
£18.00A pioneering case study of the birth of the factory system in Derbyshire’s Derwent Valley. It charts the development of Richard Arkwright’s and Jedediah Strutt’s textile empires and their communities.
A Derwent Valley Mills publication https://derwentvalleymillset.org.uk/
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Emma Ball cotton canvas bag
£8.00Emma Ball’s original artwork has created a memorable and practical souvenir of Derbyshire and its landscape.
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Emma Ball tea towel
£7.50Emma Ball’s original artwork has created a beautiful souvenir of Derbyshire and its landscape.
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Matlock Bath – A Perfectly Romantic Place
£18.00Fantastic new history of Matlock Bath, by Christopher Charlton and Doreen Buxton. 246 pages, with detailed illustrations. Soft cover.
A Derwent Valley Mills publication https://derwentvalleymillset.org.uk/
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Never a word by Andy Miller
£8.49‘Never’-only a word? In 1927, on a beautiful stretch of the Dorset coast, a mother of three walks into the sea and drowns. Fifty-five years later, Sue Roberts hears about the manner of her grandmother’s death for the first time.. How and why have her parents kept this shocking secret from her? Will Sue’s life and family break apart as she seeks the truth?
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Open All Hours
£7.99New! A History of Wirksworth shops, by the Wirksworth Historians (140 pages)
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