C ONTENTS. 



Denby Old Hall and its Owners. 

 I.— The Hall. 



By Percy II. Currey, Hon. Secretary .... i 



II. — The Owners of Denby. 



By the Rev. R. J. Burton, M.A. n 



The Origin of the Shirleys and of the Gresleys. 



By J. H. Round, M.A. 22 



Expenses of the Shrievalty during the Summer Assize of 1631. 



By C. E. B. Bowles, M.A. 23 



Arbor Low Stone Circle. 



Excavations in 1901 and 1902. 



By H. St. George Gray - - - - - - - 41 



Geological Notes. 



By H. H. Arnold-Bemrose, M.A., F.G.S. - - - 78 

 The Quarrying and Transport of its Stones. 



By H. A. Hubbersty So 



The History and Chartulary of the Abbey of Darley, and 

 of the Oratory of St. Helen, Derby. 



By the Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A. - • 82 



Derbyshire Fonts — The Late-Norman Font at Youlgreave. 



By G. Le Blanc Smith 141 



Old English Village Life as illustrated at Barrow and 

 Twyford. 



By the Rev William Baxter, M.A. .... 153 



A Thirteenth Century Seal of Roger de Carsington. 



By Mrs. Meade-Waldo 168 



The Derby Municipal Muniments. 



By C. E. B. Bowles, M.A. 173 



Roman Brough — Anavio. 



Report of Preliminary Excavations made for the Society. 

 By John Garstang, B.A., B.Litt., F.S.A., Reader hi 



Egyptian ArcJueology , University of Liverpool. - - 177 



