Baron Belper, of Belper in the County of Derbyshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1856 for the Liberal politician Edward Strutt. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...
BELPER, a market-town in the mid-parliamentary division of Derbyshire, England, on the river Derwent, 7 m.
Belper also manufactures linen, hosiery, silk and earthenware; and after the decline of nail-making, once an important industry, engineering works and iron foundries were opened.
Belper (Beaurepaire) until 1846 formed part of the parish of Duffield, granted by William to Henry de Ferrers, earl of Derby.
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