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Archive Reference / Library Class No.LS/942.51
TitleSecret Derby
Date2016
Publication Date2016
AuthorCraven, Maxwell
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ISBN9781445653693
TermROMAN PERIOD
Anglo-saxon period
CHURCHES
RELIGIOUS HOUSES
WELLS
CHAPELS
CASTLES
INDUSTRIES
ARCHITECTURE
Houses
Hotels
Second Jacobite Rebellion (1745)
SPAS
RAILWAYS
PARKS

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Bakewell; Robert (1682-1752); Artist in wrought iron. Created the 'Birdcage' arbour at Melbourne Hall, and the wrought iron screen and the gates at the west door, Derby Cathedral. There are also wrought iron gates by Bakewell at the Derby Industrial Museum, and ironwork by him in Alvaston, Ashbourne, Borrowash, Duffield, Etwall, Foremark, Radbourne and Staunton Harold.
Royal Crown Derby Porcelain; 1750-; Derby-based china manufacturer
Flamsteed; John (1646-1719); Born Denby, Derbyshire; appointed first Astronomer Royal in 1675.
Whitehurst; John (1713-1788); Clock and instrument maker, of Derby; member of the Lunar Society.
Pickford; Joseph (1734-1782); Architect
Wright; Joseph (1734-1797); Artist, also known as Wright of Derby.
Darwin; Erasmus (1731-1802); Dr; physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, slave-trade abolitionist, inventor and poet
Strutt; William (1756-1830); FRS; Architect, inventor, engineer, and textile manufacture
Lunar Society; 1765-1813; Informal learned society
Boott; Kirk (fl 1783); Of Derby; emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, becoming an importer.
Rolls Royce; 1906-; Engineering company; began making aero engines in 1914, a facility now based in Derby.
Aslin; Charles Herbert (1893-1959); Derby borough architect from 1929, responsible for the Central Improvement Plan. Designed the original 1933 Bus Station, Police Station/Magistrates' Courts, Council House, Riverside Gardens, Exeter Bridge, Exeter Place Apartments and the former Covered Market.
Places
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Derby 
Silk Mill 
Osmaston by Derby 
Darley Abbey 
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