Sutton Scarsdale is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the North East Derbyshire district. It is very close to the M1 motorway. It is in the civil parish of Sutton cum Duckmanton.
The settlement is notable for a large, ruined former stately home called Sutton Scarsdale Hall. Near to the settlement are the villages of Heath, Temple Normanton and Arkwright Town. Scarsdale, New York is named after the village.
This manor was in the Domesday Book in 1086. Under the title of âÂÂThe lands of Roger de Poitouâ it said: <blockquote>In Sutton Scarsdale Stenulf had four of land to the . Land for five ploughs. The lord has there one plough and six and one with one plough, There is a mill rendering two shillings and eight acres of meadow. Woodland pasture half a league long and three furlongs broad. TRE worth forty shillings now twenty shillings.</blockquote>
Bess of Hardwick built a house, "Oldcotes" or "Owlcotes", where Arbella Stuart stayed in 1603, south of Sutton Scarsdale. The building was completely demolished.
Sutton Scarsdale Hall was built as a family seat for the fourth Earl of Scarsdale. It is now an elaborate ruin managed by English Heritage. Some of the interior fixtures now reside in the United States, at the Philadelphia Museum. Another family seat was Kirk Hallam Hall, Derbyshire.