Dronfield Manor

Dronfield Manor is an early 18th-century manor house situated at Dronfield, Derbyshire, which is occupied by the town library. It is a Grade II listed building. The manor of Dronfield was owned by the Crown until granted by King John to William Briewer. Thereafter it passed through several hands until in about 1600 it was sold by Anthony Morewood to Francis Burton. The old manor house was replaced with the present house which was commissioned by Ralph Burton in about 1700. The sandstone house is of two storeys with a seven bay entrance front, the central bay of which projects to form a two-storey porch with an arched doorway. Burton died in 1714 and the estate passed to his sister's husband Rossington. Rossington sold to John Rotheram (High Sheriff of Derbyshire) in 1750. His son Samuel Rotheram (High Sheriff in 1773) died in 1795 and the estate passed to his sister and then by her bequest to Joseph Cecil. The manor remained in the ownership of the Cecil family until the 20th century. In the 1930s it was acquired by Dronfield Urban District Council for use as council offices. Since 1967 the building has been occupied by the town's library.

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Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. It lies in the valley of the River Drone between Chesterfield and Sheffield. The Peak District National Park is three miles (4.8 km) to the west. The name comes from the Old English Dranfleld, probably meaning an open land infested with drone bees. The town existed before the 1086 Domesday Book, and has a 13th-century parish church. In 1662, Charles II granted the town a market, although this later ceased. The industrial history of the town includes coal mining, the wool trade, the production of soap and steel, and engineering. Today a range of manufacturing firms still operate in the town. The stadium to the north of the town is officially "The Home of Football", providing the playing surface for Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest football club. Dronfield's population increased in the post-war years from 6,500 in 1945 to 21,261 in the 2011 Census.

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