The Duke of Rutland was Lord of the Maor . In the year 1800 he owned most of Baslow – there were only a handful of freeholders – and all of Bubnell. During the 1800s he exchanged lands with or sold to the Duke of Devonshire (at Chatsworth) the part of Baslow south of the main A619 road, and all of Bubnell. Both Dukes were reluctant to allow new buildings. Over the period up to 1924 the number of houses in Baslow grew very slowly while Bubnell actually got smaller. By 1924 there were 199 houses in Baslow and 12 in Bubnell.
In the 1920s the Duke of Rutland, short of money, sold swathes of property in North Derbyshire. All his property in Baslow was sold at auction in 1924. Many tenants bought their own propery and land became availalble for building. By 2020 there were 585 houses in Baslow village.
There were several phases in building, most following sales of land as described below.
During this period Bubnell remained small with only 3 new houses, and near the bridge. 5 council bungalows
7.3a The Rutland Sale Baslow 1920
The Baslow Sale was held in Bakewell at 11.30 a.m. on 18th March in 1920. All 148 lots were disposed of during the day. Many houses were bought by the sitting tenant, others by local investors. Land suitable for building was divided between individuals for their own use and developers.
New houses were built over the next few years, some stand alone, others in small groups
7.3aa The 1920 Rutland Sale is a short description about the sale in Baslow
7.3ab The Rutland Sale LIST This is a a summary of every lot in the Baslow sale. It can be seached to find a Lot number.
7.3ac The Baslow main SCHEDULE of the sale is a substantial PDF document which describes each of the 110 lots, photocopied from the original catalogue. Details include the acreage, the rent, the tenant, the buildings and more.
7.3ad Baslow Parish Lots 456-497 Baslow Village Lots 498-558 Robin Hood Lots 559-563
The above are maps of Baslow showing the location of each lot in the sale.
7.3b The Rutland Sale Longshaw 1927
The Duke of Rutland had a large shooting estate based on Longshaw Lodge. This was sold in a sale similar to that of Baslow. Baslow Edge and the surrounding moorland was included in this sale. It resulted in no new buildings, but land was involved so I have included details here.
7.3ba Longshaw Schedule and 7.3bb two maps. Longshaw north and Longshaw south
7.3c The Baslow Hall Sale 1930
Baslow Hall, now Fischer’s restaurant, is at the north end of the village above Calver Road. Built in 1905 by the vicar Rev Stockdale, it was bought soon after by Sebastion De Ferranti. He took advantage of the Rutland 1920 sale to buy surrounding farmland. He died in 1930 and the entire estate was sold.
As can be seen from the sale map (below) the lots were large, and most were bought by developers.
A direct result of this sale were houses both sides of Calver Road, and all of Derwent Drive, White House Lane and the large estate centered on Gorse Ridge Drive. Building started immediately and continued after the war until the early 1970s.
7.3ca Baslow Hall and Baslow Hydro Sales. Baslow Hall and the surrounding area were sold in 1930. The story of the house, its sale and the resulting development is in this article.
7.3cb Baslow Hall Schedule has details of each lot in the sale,
7.3cc Baslow Hall Sale Map.
7.3d Baslow Hydro Sale in ? 1936
Baslow Hydro was situated in the large angle between Bar Road and Eaton Hill. An impressive building it was built in the heyday of tourism to Baslow and had extensive grounds. It thrived until the 1st World War, when lack of business and money led to its demolition in 1936. Details of the sale are not available.
7.3ca Baslow Hall and Baslow Hydro Sales. There is no record of the actual sale following its demolition in 1936. Subsequent development is covered in the article 7.3ca Baslow Hall and Baslow Hydro Sales.
Building along the north side of upper Eaton Hill started at once and together with Hydro Close werew completed after the War. All of Eaton Close came in the early 1970s
7.3e West End & Bakewell Road 1930s
A new estate of council housing was built on along Bubnell Lane and West End during the 1930s (some completed after the war). The land had belonged to Chatsworth Estate but there is no record of the sale.
An arial view of West End, the Church and the old bridge taken in 1937
7.3f Over Road & Church View Drive ? 1960
In 1800 there were only two fields held freehold within the area of the village, the area now covered by Church View Drive and Over Road. In 1883 the then owner of the fields left them to his wife with plans for building on it, but nothing happened until 1964 when it was sold to a developer. Building of the two roads was completed in the late 1960s. See 7.2a Moorstones for more detail
7.3f Extract from the will dated 1883 of M W K Marples who lowned the house now called Moorside off Daisy Bank. It shows his property divided into plots sutable for large houses
Later
Since the developments above were completed some 50 years ago there hs been little growth in the village. Baslow is in the Peak District National Park: the Park’s planners have been as reluctant to allow new housing as the two Dukes had been before 1924. The only significant development has been the housing around Eaton Place at Nether End – probably planning permission was given earlier but enacted much later. More recently there has been two small housing association projects, Eaon Rise and Low Meadows.
Renovation and enlargement of houses and complete rebuilds, have continued throughout the period.
Baslow History 
