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Encyclopedia > Derwent Valley Mills
Masson Mills, Derwent Valley
Masson Mills, Derwent Valley

Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. The modern factory, or 'mill', system was born here in the 18th century to accommodate the new technology for spinning cotton developed by Richard Arkwright. The insertion of industrial establishments into a rural landscape meant the construction of housing for the mill workers. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3840x2160, 3298 KB) Sir Richard Arkwright and Co, Masson Mills, Derbyshire Photographer: User:Justinc Now a textile and industrial museum. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3840x2160, 3298 KB) Sir Richard Arkwright and Co, Masson Mills, Derbyshire Photographer: User:Justinc Now a textile and industrial museum. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... The Derwent is a river in the county of Derbyshire, England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... A factory worker in 1940s Fort Worth, Texas. ... For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). ... Richard Arkwright Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an Englishman credited with the spinning frame — later renamed the water frame following the transition to water power. ... Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China Rural areas (also referred to as the country, countryside) are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities. ...


The site consists of the communities of Cromford, Belper, Milford, Darley Abbey and Lombe's Mills, and it includes 867 listed buildings. A further nine structures are Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Cromford, in Derbyshire, England, is a village that is one of the significant sites in the development of the Industrial Revolution. ... Map sources for Belper at grid reference SK351476 Belper is a town within the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England. ... Milford is a village in Derbyshire, England, on the River Derwent, between Duffield and Belper on the A6 trunk road. ... Darley Abbey has one of the oldest buildings in Derby in the form of the Abbey on Darley street. ... John Lombe was a silk spinner in 18th century Derby, England. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... A Scheduled Ancient Monument is defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983 of the United Kingdom government. ...


At the Working Textile Museum at Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill, there are approximately 680,000 bobbins on display.


External links

  • Derwent Valley Mills official website


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England: Blenheim Palace · Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's AbbeySt. Martin's Church · Bath · Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape · Derwent Valley Mills · Durham Castle & Cathedral · Hadrian's Wall · Ironbridge Gorge · Jurassic Coast · Kew Gardens · Liverpool · Maritime Greenwich · Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey St. Margaret's · Saltaire · Stonehenge & Avebury · Studley Royal Park · Tower of London A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... The List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom is a list of sites designated by the UNESCO as World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom. ... Download high resolution version (1752x1196, 311 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Blenheim Palace, The Great Court. ... Canterbury Cathedral from the southwest. ... Medieval Gate Leading to The Ruins of Saint Augustines Abbey. ... The churchyard of St. ... Statistics Population: 84,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST745645 Administration District: Bath and North East Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Fire and rescue: Avon Ambulance: South Western Post office... The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site in Cornwall and Devon, South West England. ... Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham in County Durham, England. ... Durham Cathedral silhouetted against the sunset Durham Cathedral from nearby The Rose Window in the Chapel of the Nine Altars. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Ironbridge Gorge looking east towards the Iron Bridge that gave the gorge its name Map sources for Ironbridge Gorge at grid reference SJ672033 The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge formed by the river Severn in Shropshire, England. ... Lyme Bay. ... Royal Botanic Gardens redirects here. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Greenwich (pronounced grenn-itch , or by the locals) is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, England is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. ... The Abbeys western façade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west... The Anglican church of St. ... Saltaire is the name of a Victorian era model village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Avebury Henge and Village Avebury is the site of a large henge and several stone circles in the English county of Wiltshire at grid reference SU103699, surrounding the village of Avebury (its geographical location is 51°25′43″N, 1°51′15″W). ... Studley Royal Park is a park containing, and developed around, the ruins of the Cistercian Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. ... The Tower of London, seen from the River Thames, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ...


Scotland: Edinburgh Old TownNew Town · Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Maeshowe, Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae, Standing Stones of Stenness) · New Lanark · St Kilda Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... The Old Town of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ... The Edinburgh New Town is a neo-classical masterpiece. ... Maeshowe Maeshowe Entrance Maeshowe (or Maes Howe) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. ... Ring of Brodgar The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar) is a neolithic henge and stone circle in The Mainland Orkney, Scotland, somewhat similar to Stonehenge in England. ... Skara Brae is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement, located in the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of mainland Orkney, Scotland. ... The Stenness Watch Stone stands next to the modern bridge leading to the Ring of Brodgar. ... New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately two kilometres from the Royal Burgh of Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ... Mercator projection map of the St Kilda Island group with inset of the British Isles. ...


Wales: Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd (Beaumaris Castle, Caernarfon Castle, Conwy Castle, Harlech Castle) · Blaenavon This article is about the country. ... Beaumaris Castle and moat. ... The ward of Caernarfon Castle, showing (from left to right) the Black Tower, the Chamberlains Tower, and the Eagle Tower. ... Conwy Castle - illustration from Cassells History of England circa 1902 Conwy Castle (often spelled Conway Castle in English usage, although this is now discouraged) was built in Conwy as part of Edward Is second campaign in North Wales. ... The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle. ... Blaenavon (Welsh: Blaenafon) is a town and World Heritage Site in Torfaen, southern Wales, lying at the source of the Llwyd River. ...


Northern Ireland: Giant's Causeway Motto: (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, Northern Ireland Sign LanguageIrish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of... The Giants Causeway is an area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns resulting from a volcanic eruption. ...


Overseas territories: Henderson Island · Gough Island and Inaccessible Island · St. George's Location of the British overseas territories (British Antarctic Territory and Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus not shown) A BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY is one of 14 (as of 2006) territories which are under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but not considered part of the United Kingdom itself. ... Map of Pitcairn Islands. ... Orthographic projection over Gough Island Gough Island (also called Diego Alvarez) is a volcanic island rising from the South Atlantic Ocean to heights of over 900 metres (2950 ft) above sea level and has an area of approximately 65 km² (25 mi²). It includes small satellite islands and rocks such... Inaccessible Island (Dellbridge Islands) (in Antarctica) and the Inaccessible Islands (South Orkney Islands). ... St. ...


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Derwent Valley Mills - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports (953 words)
Besides the mills, Unesco also decided to reward the workers' housing associated with this because it 'is intact and illustrates the socio-economic development of the area'.
The mill at Belper was one of the first Iron Framed buildings in the world, an inspiration for many architectural advancements that came later, noticeably the early skyscrapers, it looked a little like the work of the Chicago School.
Derwent valley is the cradle of factory system which made not only a productive order,but found the worker's quarter based on the humanitarianism.
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site (1063 words)
The mills were at the core of shaping the factory system today, and factories had their origins in the mills at Cromford, where Richard Arkwright's inventions were integrated into industrial-scale production.
The mill chimney was erected in 1900 by the famous mill architects Stott and Sons, who also built the engine house.
Already restored are the original form of the mill water courses, the yard and the walls and wheelpit of the second mill of 1776.
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