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Employment
In the
1760s, just over 2,417 acres of common land were enclosed. When this was added
to the 1,600 acres of pre-18th century enclosures it represented 75% of the
acreage of the parish.
Until the second half of the 19th century,
traditional occupations were land-based with land being largely pasture with
some arable. Regular cattle and sheep fairs were held in May and October on the
moors at Darley Flash. Other occupations included domestic service, framework
knitting, papermaking and lace making. Many worked for the Dakeynes or later as
Stancliffe estate and quarry workers. Other important sources of employment in
the 19th century were the nurseries strewn along Darley Hillside and the
extensive Millclose Mine, the country's main producer of lead until its closure
in 1938.
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