Derbyshire

Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
Region	East Midlands
Area - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 21st 2,625 km² Ranked 20th 2,547 km²
Admin HQ	Matlock
ISO 3166-2	GB-DBY
ONS code	17
NUTS 3	UKF12/13
Demographics
Population - Total (2003 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 20th 976,212 371 / km² Ranked 11th 742,993
Ethnicity	96.0% White 2.3% S.Asian
Politics
Derbyshire County Council http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
Executive	Labour
Members of Parliament	Margaret Beckett Liz Blackman Natasha Engel Paul Holmes Bob Laxton Tom Levitt Judy Mallaber Patrick McLoughlin Dennis Skinner Mark Todd
Districts
High Peak Derbyshire Dales South Derbyshire Erewash Amber Valley North East Derbyshire Chesterfield Bolsover Derby (Unitary)

Derbyshire (pronounced 'Dar-bee-shur') is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of England's most attractive scenery. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. map of admin county File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. ... The division into counties is one of the larger divisions of England. ... 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This is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population, that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. ... Arms of Derbyshire This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... The Right Honourable Margaret Mary Beckett (born January 15, 1943) is a British Labour Party politician. ... Elizabeth Marion Liz Blackman (born September 26, 1949, Penrith, Cumbria) is a British politician, and member of Parliament for Erewash. ... Natascha Engel (b. ... Paul Holmes MP Paul Robert Holmes (born 16 January 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Robert Laxton (born 7 September 1944) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. ... Tom Levitt (born 10 April 1954) is a British politician, and Labour member of Parliament for High Peak. ... Judy Mallaber (born 10 July 1951) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Patrick Allen McLoughlin (born 30 November 1957, Staffordshire) is a British politician. ... Dennis Edward Skinner (born February 11, 1932, Clay Cross) is a British politician, and Labour Member of Parliament for Bolsover since 1970. ... Mark Wainwright Todd (born 29 December 1954, Dorchester) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Districts in the Ceremonial County of Derbyshire. ... High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. ... Derbyshire Dales is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. ... South Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. ... Erewash is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England, to the east of Derby. ... Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. ... North East Derbyshire is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. ... Chesterfield is a market town and local government district in Derbyshire, a county in England. ... Bolsover is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. ... This article is about the city of Derby in England. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the tradional region of the Midlands. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Peak District National Park is a national park in the north of England. ... Typical Pennine scenery. ... Mount McKinley in Alaska has one of the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... The National Forest, which covers an area of 520 km² of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, is described as a forest in the making. It stretches from Leicester in the east to Burton-upon-Trent in the west, and links the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation of Manchester. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... This article is about the English county. ...

It has a two-tier local government, with a county council based in Matlock and eight district councils. Apart from 13 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, there is a large amount of sparsely populated agricultural upland: 75% of the population live in 25% of the area. Although Derbyshire is generally considered to be in the East Midlands, some parts, such as High Peak, are closer to the northern cities of Manchester and Sheffield and the people there overwhelmingly think of themselves as northerners. Matlock is the County town of Derbyshire, England. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the tradional region of the Midlands. ... High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... This article is about the city in England. ...

Before 1998 the administrative county included the city of Derby. Derby is now a unitary authority, but remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the city of Derby in England. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single-tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ...

History

Main article: History of Derbyshire.

Derbyshire was traditionally divided into six hundreds, namely Appletree, High Peak, Morleyston and Litchurch, Repton and Gresley, Scarsdale, Wirksworth. These were based on the seven earlier wapentakes recorded in the Domesday Book, with the merging of Repton and Gresley wapentakes. Derbyshire was traditionally divided into six hundreds, namely Appletree, High Peak, Morleyston and Litchurch, Repton and Gresley, Scarsdale, Wirksworth. ... A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and the West, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. ... A wapentake is a term derived from the Old Norse, the rough equivalent of an Anglo-Saxon hundred. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Repton is a small village in Derbyshire between Derby and Burton-upon-Trent. ...

Derbyshire had a detached part in north-western Leicestershire, surrounding Measham and Donisthorpe. This escaped regularisation in 1844, and was incorporated into Leicestershire in 1888 when the county councils were set up. The thin strip of Leicestershire between the exclave and Derbyshire, containing Overseal and Netherseal, is now considered part of Derbyshire. D is Bs exclave, but is not an enclave. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Measham is a village on the Leicestershire-Staffordshire border, located just off the A42 just south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. ... Donisthorpe is a village whose center is in the English county of Derbyshire, next to the River Mease which there forms the border with the neighbouring county of Leicestershire. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ...

Apart from this, some parishes in historic Derbyshire, including Dore, Norton and Totley, are now in the City of Sheffield in South Yorkshire. Dore (grid reference SK311812) is a village in South Yorkshire. ... This article is about the city in England. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. ...

Settlements

This is a list of the towns in Derbyshire; for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Derbyshire. This is a list of settlements in Derbyshire, England. ...

• Alfreton, Alton, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water
• Bakewell, Bamford, Baslow, Beeley, Belper, Birch Vale, Bolehill, Bolsover, Borrowash, Brassington, Bretby, Brimington, Burbage, Buxton
• Calver, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlesworth, Chelmorton, Chesterfield, Chinley, Clay Cross, Clowne, Cressbrook, Creswell, Cromford, Crowden, Curbar
• Derby, Dronfield, Duffield
• Earl Sterndale, Eckington, Edale, Edensor, Eyam
• Fernilee
• Gamesley, Glossop, Great Hucklow
• Hadfield, Hartington, Hathersage, Hayfield, Heage, Heanor, Hope
• Ilkeston
• Little Hucklow, Long Eaton
• Marston Montgomery, Marston on Dove, Matlock, Melbourne, Miller's Dale, Morley
• New Mills, Newhaven
• Over Haddon,Osmaston
• Parwich, Peak Forest
• Riber, Ripley
• Shipley, Shirebrook, Staveley, Stoney Middleton, Stretton, Sudbury, Swadlincote
• Tansley, Taxal, Thornhill, Tibshelf, Tideswell, Tunstead Milton
• Walton, Wardlow, Whaley Bridge, Whitwell, Wirksworth
• Youlgreave

Location within the British Isles. ... Ashbourne is the name of more than one place: Ashbourne, Derbyshire in England Ashbourne, County Meath in Ireland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Ashford-in-the-Water is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, and on the River Wye. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Bamford is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, lying on the River Derwent. ... Baslow is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, lying between Sheffield and Bakewell. ... Map sources for Belper at grid reference SK351476 Belper is a town in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. ... Map sources for Bolsover at grid reference SK475705 Bolsover is a town in Derbyshire, England. ... Brassington is a village 16 miles north-north-west of Derby, between Wirksworth and Ashbourne, and has a population of about 500. ... Bretby is a village in the south of Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton-upon-Trent, on the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. ... Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England, the gateway to the Peak District National Park. ... This article is about the English village. ... Chapel-En-Le-Frith is a small town in the heart of the Peak District in Northern England – part of the Pennine Range. ... For other locations with this name, see Chesterfield. ... Image:Buxton - Derfbyshire dot. ... Clay Cross is a small market town in Derbyshire, England. ... Creswell is the name of several towns in the United States: Creswell, Oregon Creswell, North Carolina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Cromford, in Derbyshire, England, is a village that is one of the significant sites in the development of the Industrial Revolution. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Dronfield is a town in Derbyshire, England, lying between Sheffield and Chesterfield. ... Duffield is a prosperous commuter village situated next to the River Derwent in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby England. ... Eckington is a large village in North East Derbyshire, 7 miles north of Chesterfield and south of Sheffield on the border with South Yorkshire. ... Edale is a small village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. ... Eyam (pronounced Eem) is a small village in Derbyshire, England. ... Gamesley is a village in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and north of New Mills. ... Location within the British Isles Glossop is a town in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, about 13 miles east of Manchester. ... Great Hucklow is a small village in the Derbyshire Peak District about 12 km south east of Chapel-en-le-Frith. ... Hadfield is a small town in High Peak, Derbyshire, England. ... Hartington is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, lying on the River Dove. ... Hathersage is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. ... Hayfield from the northwest Hayfield ( SK037870) is a village in the borough of High Peak, in the county of Derbyshire, England. ... The village of Heage in Derbyshire is situated midway between Belper and Ripley and is today famous for its recently restored six sailed windmill. ... Heanor is a town in the Amber Valley region of Derbyshire, England. ... Hope is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. ... Ilkeston is a town in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England, on the River Erewash. ... Long Eaton is a town in Derbyshire, England, effectively a suburb of Nottingham. ... Matlock is the County town of Derbyshire, England. ... Melbourne is a small Georgian market town in South Derbyshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... See Newhaven for other towns of that name. ... Map sources for Osmaston at grid reference SK365335 Osmaston is a suburb of the City of Derby, England. ... Peak Forest is a small village on the main road from Chapel-En-Le-Frith to Chesterfield in England. ... Ripley is another Derbyshire town whose past is steeped in industry. ... Map sources for Shirebrook at grid reference SK523674 Shirebrook is a small town in North East Derbyshire on the border with Nottinghamshire. ... For the village in Cumbria of the same name, see Staveley, Cumbria. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Tansley is a village on the Southern edge of the Derbyshire Peak District, two miles East of Matlock. ... Thornhill is a village in the county of Derbyshire, England, in the Peak District, south of Ladybower Reservoir and east of Castleton. ... Tideswell is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. ... Tunstead Milton is a village in Derbyshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Whitwell is the name of several villages in the UK and a place in Tennessee. ... Wirksworth is a market town in Derbyshire, England. ... Categories: UK geography stubs | Villages in Derbyshire ...

Places of interest

• Alfreton Hall
• Alsop Hall
• Arbor Low Stone Circle — English Heritage
• Barlborough Hall
• Bradbourne Hall
• Bradley Hall
• Bretby Hall, see also Earls of Chesterfield
• Buxton Hall
• Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
• Calke Abbey — National Trust
• Carsington Reservoir
• Chatsworth — a stately home, part of Treasure Houses of England; see also Dukes of Devonshire
• Coxbench Hall
• Derwent Reservoir
• Derwent Valley Mills — a World Heritage Site
• Ednaston Manor
• Eyam Hall
• Fenney Bentley Old Hall
• Flagg Hall
• Glossop Hall
• Great Longstone Hall
• Haddon Hall
• Hartington Hall
• Heage Windmill
• Heights of Abraham
• Hob Hurst's House — English Heritage
• Howden Reservoir
• Ilam Hall
• Kedleston Hall
• Kinder Scout
• Ladybower Reservoir
• Longdendale chain of reservoirs
• Longdendale Trail, a long distance footpath
• Longford Hall
• Mam Tor
• National Tramway Museum, Crich
• National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
• Nine Ladies Stone Circle — English Heritage
• Norbury Hall
• Ogston Reservoir
• Parwich Hall
• Peveril Castle
• Renishaw Hall
• Riber Castle
• Speedwell Cavern
• Sudbury Hall — National Trust
• Sutton Scarsdale Hall — English Heritage
• Thornbridge Hall
• Tissington Hall
• Well dressing — an ancient custom
• Wingfield Manor — English Heritage

English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Bretby Hall is a country house at Bretby, Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton-upon-Trent on the border with Staffordshire. ... The Earls of Chesterfield were an aristocratic family from Derbyshire, England. ... Calke Abbey is a country house in Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, one of the National Trust Properties in England. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... Carsington Reservoir is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water in Derbyshire. ... A view of Chatsworth from the south-west in 1880. ... A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about 500 large properties built in England between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property (after the Dissolution of the Monasteries). ... The Treasure Houses of England is a heritage consortium founded in the early 1970s by ten of the foremost stately homes in England still in private ownership, with the aim of marketing and promoting themselves as tourist venues. ... The Dukes of Devonshire are members of the aristocratic Cavendish family in the United Kingdom. ... Derwent Reservoir is one of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley in the north east of Derbyshire, England. ... Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. ... Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England (2002) Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye at Bakewell, Derbyshire, one of the seats of the Duke of Rutland, occupied by Lord Edward Manners and his family. ... A tourist attraction in Derbyshire, England, the Heights of Abraham is a country park on top of Masson Hill, accessed by a cable car from Matlock Bath. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... The Howden Reservoir is one of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. ... Kedleston Hall was Brettinghams opportunity to prove himself capable of designing a house to rival Holkham Hall. ... Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau (and mountain) in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in the United Kingdom. ... The Ladybower Reservoir is one of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. ... The view westward down Longdendale from above the Woodhead Tunnel, showing the Longdendale Trail (left) and A628 Woodhead Pass road. ... The Longdendale Trail is a Long-distance trail that runs a distance of approximately 6. ... Long-distance trails (or long-distance tracks, paths, footpaths or greenways) are trails or footpaths covering large distances, typically 50 km or more, used for rambling (that is, hiking or backpacking). ... Longford Hall is a large country house in Longford, a village in Shropshire near the town of Newport, built in 1785 for Ralph Leeke, designed by Joseph Bonomi (1739-1808), who had worked with Robert and James Adam. ... Mam Tor is a 517 m (1696 ft) high peak near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. ... A 1931 tram at the museum The National Tramway Museum, or Crich Tramway Village, is the home of many of the trams that used to run through the streets of British cities until the lines were closed in the mid 20th Century. ... Crich is a village in Derbyshire. ... Wirksworth is a market town in Derbyshire, England. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Ogston Reservoir is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water in Derbyshire. ... Peveril Castle in Castleton, Derbyshire, England (SK149826) stands on a hill overlooking the village with an impressive view across the Hope Valley and Cave Dale. ... Renishaw Hall, the family home of the Sitwells for over 350 years, dates from the 17th century. ... The Speedwell Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. ... Sudbury Hall is a country house in Sudbury near Derby, England. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Well dressing in Youlgreave Well dressing is a custom practised in the Peak District of England, in which wells are decorated with designs created from flower petals. ... Wingfield Manor is a deserted (since the 1770s) house some 4 miles from the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ...

See also

• Derbyshire lead mining history

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Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Cornwall, England Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Administrative county Traditional county Duchy of Cornwall Region South West England Area - Total - Admin. ... The word Cumberland may have a variety of possible meanings. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... Essex is an administrative county in the East of England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced [ ˈglɒstəʃəʳ]; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... Herefordshire is a traditional and ceremonial county and unitary district in the West Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire or Harfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Middlesex as a traditional county before 1888. ... For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in South East England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. ... Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Suffolk (pronounced suffuk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. ... Sussex is a traditional county in southern England, divided for administrative purposes into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. ... Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur or worricksheer) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Worcestershire (pronounced /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃə/ or /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃiːɜː/ or /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃaɪə/; abbreviated Worcs) is a county, located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ...