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 – £15.00Select optionsWoolly rhino plush toy in 2 sizes.
Small – 27cm (length)
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Bobby’s War
£7.99Add to basketRomantic history novel by the winner of the 2021 Romantic Saga Award
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DVM – Cromford Revisited
£18.00Add to basketThis 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
£18.00Add to basketThe 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
£18.00Add to basketThe 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
£18.00Add to basketA 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
£8.00Read moreEmma Ball’s original artwork has created a memorable and practical souvenir of Derbyshire and its landscape.
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Emma Ball tea towel
£7.50Add to basketEmma Ball’s original artwork has created a beautiful souvenir of Derbyshire and its landscape.
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Matlock Bath – A Perfectly Romantic Place
£18.00Add to basketFantastic 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
£8.49Add to basket‘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
£7.99Add to basketNew! A History of Wirksworth shops, by the Wirksworth Historians (140 pages)
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