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Derby (/ ˈ d ɑːr b i / ⓘ DAR-bee) is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original county town.
Derbyshire (/ ˈ d ɑːr b i ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DAR-bee-sheer, -shər) [4] is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west.
Derby is the largest settlement, and Matlock is the county town. The county has an area of 2,625 km 2 (1,014 sq mi) and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000).
Alsop en le Dale church Bugsworth Basin Buxton, The Crescent Charlesworth church Chesterfield's 'Crooked Spire' Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site The Vale of Edale Eyam Hall and stocks Glossop, Henry Street Hayfield Well Dressing Longdendale from Woodhead New Mills, Torr Vale Mill Riber Castle River Derwent, south of Duffield River Goyt River Lathkill South Wingfield church Swanwick Hall
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Derby City may refer to: Derby, a city in Derbyshire, England; Derby City, British Columbia, a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada This page was last edited on 12 ...
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Derbyshire is first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1048 in Manuscript D, known as the "Northern Recension". [2] Its creation appears to be a result of the dismemberment of the Mercian Kingdom's province of the Peak District and the chronicle says, under 1048: “her wæs eac eorðstyrung on Kalendas Maias on manegum stowum, on Wygracestre on Wic on Deorby elles gehwær, eac wæs ...