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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	LS/942.51
Title	Secret Derby
Date	2016
Publication Date	2016
Author	Craven, Maxwell
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
ISBN	9781445653693
Term	ROMAN 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

Place (click for further details)	Type
Derby
Silk Mill
Osmaston by Derby
Darley Abbey

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