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They still provide accommodation for some of Melbourne's senior citizens. The Market Place is the location of Melbourne's main shops, including the ornate building previously housing the Co-op. A market cross, built in 1889, had a bus shelter added in 1953, making it a natural gathering place as the town's primary public transport stop.
Melbourne is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 133 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, 24 are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, seven are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council. The north and centre of Derbyshire are hilly and contain the southern end of the Pennines, most of which are part of the Peak District National Park. They include Kinder Scout, at 636 m (2,087 ft) the highest point in the county.
The estate was acquired by the Stanhope family in 1538. The earldom was created in 1742. The Gothic Revival castle was built from 1815 and is a Grade II* listed building. [24] The estate was sold in 1969 by William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington to Derbyshire County Council and the grounds are a public country park. [25] Earl of Scarsdale
The town of Derby had been an ancient borough, with borough charters dating back to 1154. [4] It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, governed by a corporate body called "the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Derby", generally known as the corporation or town council.
County Hall, Derby: Council's meeting place 1889–1955. From its creation in 1889 until 1955 the council met at County Hall, Derby, which had been built in 1660. [17] [18] In 1955 the council moved to the current county hall in Matlock. This newer county hall is in a former hydrotherapy complex called Smedley's Hydro which was built in 1867. [19]
After Derby was awarded city status on 7 June 1977, [6] the Queen presented a "charter scroll" or "letters patent" to the mayor on the steps of the Council House on 28 July 1977. [ 7 ] An extensive refurbishment of the building, to a design by Corstorphine and Wright, and undertaken by Royal BAM Group [ 8 ] at a cost of £34 million, [ 9 ] was ...
The Nottingham and Derby Green Belt is a green belt environmental and planning policy for the cities of Derby and Nottingham in the East Midlands region of England. It includes designated parts of several districts in the surrounding counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire .