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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 (/ 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. As a unitary authority, Derby is administratively independent from Derbyshire County Council. The population of Derby is 263,490 (2022). [4]
Derbyshire (/ ˈ d ɑːr b i ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DAR-bee-sheer, -shər) 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.
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 ...
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
Nine Stones Close, also known as the Grey Ladies, is a stone circle on Harthill Moor in Derbyshire in the English East Midlands.It is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE.
Derbyshire (/ ˈ d ɑːr b i ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DAR-bee-sheer, -shər) 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.
Chesterfield is a market and industrial town in the county of Derbyshire, England. [2] It is 24 miles (39 km) north of Derby and 11 miles (18 km) south of Sheffield at the confluence of the Rivers Rother and Hipper. In 2011, the built-up-area subdivision had a population of 88,483, [3] making it the second-largest settlement in Derbyshire ...