Description: Scropton is a parish in South Derbyshire comprising of the villages of Scopton and Foston. Scropton village, situated in the Dove Valley, was mentioned at Domesday as the largest of the 101 manors held by Henry de Ferrers in Derbyshire. The church of St Paul was completely rebuilt in 1855-56 after this view was engraved. Not the huge buttresses and reinforcing rods supporting the church which can be seen here in its near derelict state. (It now has a prominent tower with a pyramid roof.) The church contains the tomb chest of Nicholas Agard (died 1510) and his 2 wives. (His son Arthur Agard (1540-1615) was an authority on ancient manuscripts and heraldry and a founder member of the Society of Antiquaries. He is buried at Westminster Abbey.)