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DERBY , a municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, and the county See also:town of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, 1284 m. N.N.W. of See also:London by the Midland railway; it is also served by the See also:Great See also:Northern railway. Pop. (1891) 94,146; (1901) 114,848. Occupying a position almost in the centre of England, the town is situated chiefly on the western See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Derwent, on an undulating site encircled with See also:gentle eminences, from which flow the Markeaton and other See also:brooks. In the second See also:half of the 19th See also:century the prosperity of the town was enhanced by the See also:establishment of the See also:head offices and See also:principal workshops of the Midland Railway See also:Company. Derby possesses several handsome public buildings, including the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a spacious range of buildings erected for the postal and inland See also:revenue offices, the county hall, See also:corn See also:exchange and See also:market hall. Among churches may be mentioned St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's a See also:fine See also:building principally of Perpendicular date but with earlier portions; St Alkmund's with its lofty See also:spire, Decorated in See also:style; St See also:Andrew's, in the same style, by See also:Sir G. G. See also:Scott; and All See also:Saints', which contains a beautiful See also:choir-See also:screen, See also:good stained See also:glass and monuments by L. F. See also:Roubiliac, Sir See also:Francis See also:Chantrey and others. The See also:body of this See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is in classic style (1725), but the See also:tower was built 1509-1527, and is one of the finest in the midland counties, built in three tiers, and crowned with battlements and pinnacles, which give it a See also:total height of 210 ft. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic church of St See also:Mary is one of the best examples of the See also:work of A. W. See also:Pugin. The Derby See also:grammar school, one of the most See also:ancient in England, was placed in I 16o under the See also:administration of the See also:chapter of See also:Darley See also:Abbey, which See also:lay a little See also:north of Derby. It occupies St See also:Helen's See also:House, once the town See also:residence of the See also:Strutt See also:family, and has been enlarged in See also:modern times, accommodating about 16o boys. The Derby municipal technical See also:college is administered by the See also:corporation. Other institutions include See also:schools of See also:science and See also:art, public library, museum and art See also:gallery, the See also:Devonshire See also:alms-houses, a remodelled See also:foundation inaugurated by See also:Elizabeth, countess of See also:Shrewsbury, in the 16th century, and the town and county infirmary. The See also:free library and museum buildings, together with a recreation ground, were gifts to the town from M. T. See also:Bass, M.P. (d. 1884), while an See also:arboretum of seventeen acres was presented to the town by See also:Joseph Strutt in 184o.
Derby has been See also:long celebrated for its See also:porcelain, which rivalled that of See also:Saxony and See also:France. This manufacture was introduced about 1750, and although for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time partially abandoned, it has been revived. There are also spar See also:works where the fluor-spar, or See also:Blue See also:John, is wrought into a variety of useful and ornamental articles. The manufacture of See also:silk, See also:hosiery, See also:lace and See also:cotton formerly employed a large portion of the See also:population, and there are still numerous silk See also:mills and elastic See also:web works. Silk " throwing " or See also:spinning was introduced into England in 1717 by John Lombe, who found out the secrets of the See also:craft when visiting See also:Piedmont, and set up machinery in Derby. Other See also:industries include the manufacture of paint, shot, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white and red See also:lead and See also:varnish; and there are sawmills and' tanneries. The manufacture of hosiery profited greatly by the inventions of Jedediah Strutt about 1750. In the northern suburb of Littlechester, there are chemical and See also:steam See also:boiler works. The Midland railway works employ a large number of hands. Derby is a See also:suffragan bishopric in the See also:diocese of See also:Southwell. The parliamentary borough returns two members. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, sixteen aldermen and See also:forty-two councillors. See also:Area, 3449 acres.
Littlechester, as its name indicates, was the site of a Roman fort or See also:village; the site is in great See also:part built over and the remains practically effaced. Derby was known in the time of the See also:heptarchy as Northworthig, and did not receive the name of
Deoraby or Derby until after it was given up to the Danes by the treaty of See also:Wedmore and had become one of their five boroughs, probably ruled in the See also:ordinary way by an See also:earl with twelve " lawmen " under him. Being won back among the sweeping conquests of iEthelflred, See also:lady of the Mercians, in 917, it prospered during the loth century, and by the reign of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor there were 243 burgesses in Derby. However, by ro86 this number had decreased to roo, while 103 " manses " which used to be assessed were See also:waste. In spite of this the amount rendered by the town to the See also:lord had increased from £24 to £30. The first extant See also:charter granted to Derby is dated 1206 and is a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of all those privileges which the burgesses of See also:Nottingham had in the time of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. and Henry II., which included freedom from See also:toll, a gild See also:merchant, See also:power to elect a See also:provost at their will, and the See also:privilege of holding the town at the ancient See also:farm with an increase of £10 yearly. The charter also provides that no one shall dye See also:cloth within ten leagues of Derby except in the borough. A second charter, granted by Henry III. in 1229, limits the power of electing a provost by requiring that he shall be removed if he be displeasing to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king. Henry III. also granted the burgesses two other charters, one in 1225 confirming their privileges and granting that the comitatus of Derby should in future be held on Thursdays in the borough, the other in 126o granting that no See also:Jew should be allowed to live in the town. In 1337 Edward III. on the See also:petition of the burgesses granted that they might have two bailiffs instead of one. Derby was incorporated by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. in 1611 under the name of the bailiffs and burgesses of Derby, but See also:Charles I. in 1637 appointed a mayor, nine aldermen, fourteen brethren and fourteen See also:capital burgesses. In 168o the burgesses were obliged to resign their charters, and received a new one, which did not, however, alter the See also:government of the town. Derby has been represented in See also:parliament by two members since 1295. In the See also:rebellion of 1745 the See also:young Pretender marched with his See also:army as far See also:south as Derby, where the See also:council was held which decided that he should return to See also:Scotland instead of going on to London.
Among See also:early works on Derby are W. See also:Hutton, See also:History of Derby (London, 1791); R. See also:Simpson, History and Antiquities of Derby (Derby, 1826).
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