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1 located in the EAST, MIDLANDS REGION SOUTH OF THE COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE ENGLAND

2  Area: approximately 30 square miles / 78 square kilometres  Population: approximately 240,000  Language: English  Currency: Pound Sterling (GBP)  Time zone: GMT / UTC and BST (British Summer Time), 5 hours from Eastern Standard Time  Country dialling code: +44  Telephone area code: 01332  Average daily Derby January temperature: 7°C / 45°F  Average daily Derby July temperature: 22°C / 72°F

3 The currency in England is the pound £ = 1,1983 € Civic Heraldry of Derby

4 In Derby there are really nice green spaces : Riverside Gardens and Bass's Recreation Ground, both of which front the Derwent River. Markeaton Park is also popular and comes with its own light railway. Guided tours of the Royal Crown Derby Factory on Osmaston Road Pride Park Stadium. The Derby Arboretum

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6 Years built: 1350-1725 Style:Gothic Style:Gothic One of the oldest city landmarks is Derby Cathedral, which dominates the Cathedral Quarter and is famous for its resident peregrine falcons. Other landmarks of interest are: St. Helen's House, the Derby Market Hall, St. Mary's Church, the National Trust's nearby Kedleston Hall and the city's sprawling university campus.

7 It´s the Derby´s industrial museum Other museums are the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, which features a mixture of art works, porcelain, geology and Derbyshire fossils It remembers the vast scale of silk production here in the 18th century.

8 It´s a very famous house that is 400 years old.

9 Derby began as a Roman fort. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD. The Danes founded the town of Derby about 873 AD after they invaded England. In 917 the native Saxons captured Derby and it became part of the kingdom of EnglanDerby was also a place of trade. In the 10th century it had a mint and a market.

10 . There was a wool industry. During the Middle Ages Derby grew in size and prosperity In 1536-39 Henry VIII closed the priory, the leper hostel and the friary in Derby. However during his reign the tower of All Saints church was built. Its cloth industry flourished. In 1154, Derby was given a charter. In 1204 a new charter gave the people of Derby the right to rule themselves

11 In the 18th century Derby was a fair sized market town. In 1717 the first silk mill in England opened in Derby. All Saints Church was rebuilt in 1726.

12 Derby grew rapidly in the 19th century, the streets of Derby were lit by gas. In 1839 the railway reached Derby. In 1907 Rolls Royce decided to open a factory in Derby where cars and aircraft engines were made. Other industries in Derby in the 20th century were railway engineering and making aircraft engines. There was also a textiles industry.

13 Derby has also become a modern and very touristic and a significant cultural centre for the deaf community in England.cultural centredeaf community


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