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. |
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