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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	LS/942.51
Title	Derbyshire Gatherings : a Fund of Delight, for the Antiquary, The Historian, The Topographer, The Biographer, and the General reader : containing Portraits & Memoirs of Eminent Natives & Eccentric Characters of the County of Derby.
Date	1866
Publication Date	1866
Author	Robinson, Joseph Barlow
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Term	Prisoners of War
	Churches
	Bells

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Chantrey; Sir; Francis Leggatt (1781-1841); Sir; Sculptor, born Jordanthorpe near Norton , then in north Derbyshire.

Flamsteed; John (1646-1719); Born Denby, Derbyshire; appointed first Astronomer Royal in 1675.

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Strutt; Jedediah (1726-1797); inventor, hosier and cotton spinner

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Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

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