Derbyshire
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county |
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| Region | East Midlands |
| Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area |
Ranked 21st 2,625 km² Ranked 20th 2,547 km² |
| Admin HQ | Matlock |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-DBY |
| ONS code | 17 |
| NUTS 3 | UKF12/13 |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2004 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. |
Ranked 20th 979,300 373 / km² Ranked 11th 745,600 |
| Ethnicity | 96.0% White 2.3% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Derbyshire County Council |
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| Executive | Labour |
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Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.
It has a two-tier local government, with a county council based in Matlock and eight district councils. Apart from 13 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, there is a large amount of sparsely populated agricultural upland: 75% of the population live in 25% of the area. Although Derbyshire is generally considered to be in the East Midlands, some parts, such as High Peak, are closer to the northern cities of Manchester and Sheffield.
Before 1998 the administrative county included the city of Derby. Derby is now a unitary authority, but remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes.
As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Jacob's-ladder as the county flower.
History
Derbyshire was traditionally divided into six hundreds, namely Appletree, High Peak, Morleyston and Litchurch, Repton and Gresley, Scarsdale, Wirksworth. These were based on the seven earlier wapentakes recorded in the Domesday Book, with the merging of Repton and Gresley wapentakes.
Derbyshire had a detached part in north-western Leicestershire, surrounding Measham and Donisthorpe. This escaped regularisation in 1844, and was incorporated into Leicestershire in 1888 when the county councils were set up. The thin strip of Leicestershire between the exclave and Derbyshire, containing Overseal and Netherseal, is now considered part of Derbyshire.
Apart from this, some parishes in historic Derbyshire, including Dore, Norton and Totley, are now in the City of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
One of the ruling families was the Musart, now known as Musa. They ruled the land as lords of the manor until their separation in the 1200s. The Musa family is still alive today and the most recent family lives in the USA.
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Year | Regional Gross Value Added4 | Agriculture1 | Industry2 | Services3 |
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| 1995 | 9,341 | 125 | 4,452 | 4,762 |
| 2000 | 11,558 | 98 | 4,945 | 6,515 |
| 2003 | 13,733 | 95 | 5,118 | 8,520 |
Note 1: includes hunting and forestry
Note 2: includes energy and construction
Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
Settlements
This is a list of the towns in Derbyshire.
- Alfreton, Alton, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water, Ashover.
- Bakewell, Bamford, Baslow, Beeley, Belper, Birch Vale, Bolehill, Bolsover, Borrowash, Brassington, Bretby, Brimington, Burbage, Buxton
- Calver, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlesworth, Chelmorton, Chesterfield, Chinley, Clay Cross, Clowne, Cressbrook, Creswell, Cromford, Crowden, Curbar
- Derby, Dronfield, Duffield
- Earl Sterndale, Eckington, Edale, Edensor, Eyam
- Fernilee
- Gamesley, Glossop, Great Hucklow
- Hadfield, Hartington, Hathersage, Hatton, Hayfield, Heage, Heanor, Hope
- Ilkeston
- Little Hucklow, Long Eaton, Littleover
- Marston Montgomery, Marston on Dove, Matlock, Melbourne, Miller's Dale, Morley
- New Mills, Newhaven
- Over Haddon,Osmaston
- Parwich, Peak Forest
- Riber, Ripley
- Sandiacre, Shipley, Shirebrook, Stainsby, Staveley, Stoney Middleton, Stretton, Sudbury, Swadlincote
- Tansley, Taxal, Thornhill, Tibshelf, Tideswell, Tunstead Milton
- Walton, Wardlow, Westhouses, Whaley Bridge, Whitwell, Wingerworth, Wirksworth, Woolley Moor
- Youlgreave
Places of interest
- Alfreton Hall
- Alsop Hall
- Arbor Low Stone Circle — English Heritage
- Barlborough Hall
- Bradbourne Hall
- Bradley Hall
- Bretby Hall.
- Buxton Hall
- Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
- Calke Abbey — National Trust
- Carsington Reservoir
- Chatsworth — a stately home, part of Treasure Houses of England
- Coxbench Hall
- Derwent Reservoir
- Derwent Valley Mills — a World Heritage Site
- Ednaston Manor
- Eyam Hall
- Fenney Bentley Old Hall
- Flagg Hall
- Glossop Hall
- Great Longstone Hall
- Haddon Hall
- Hardwick Hall
- Hartington Hall
- Heage Windmill
- Heights of Abraham
- Hob Hurst's House — English Heritage
- Howden Reservoir
- Ilam Hall
- Kedleston Hall
- Kinder Scout
- Ladybower Reservoir
- Longdendale chain of reservoirs
- Longdendale Trail, a long distance footpath
- Longford Hall
- Mam Tor
- Millennium Bridge, New Mills
- National Tramway Museum, Crich
- National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
- Nine Ladies Stone Circle — English Heritage
- Norbury Hall
- Ogston Reservoir
- Parwich Hall
- Peveril Castle
- Renishaw Hall
- Riber Castle
- Speedwell Cavern
- Sudbury Hall — National Trust
- Sutton Scarsdale Hall — English Heritage
- The Torrs, New Mills
- Thornbridge Hall
- Tissington Hall
- Well dressing — an ancient custom
- Wingfield Manor — English Heritage
Trivia
- Derbyshire was the filming location of the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice: Pride & Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley.
| County of Derbyshire | ||
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| Unitary authorities: | Derby | |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Amber Valley • Bolsover • Chesterfield • Derbyshire Dales • Erewash • High Peak • North East Derbyshire • South Derbyshire | |
| Cities/Towns: | Alfreton • Ashbourne • Bakewell • Belper • Bolsover • Buxton • Chapel-en-le-Frith • Chesterfield • Clay Cross • Derby • Dronfield • Glossop • Heanor • Ilkeston • Killamarsh • Long Eaton • Matlock • New Mills • Ripley • Sandiacre • Shirebrook • Staveley • Swadlincote • Whaley Bridge • Wirksworth |
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Counties of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 Bedfordshire | Berkshire | City of Bristol | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire | Cheshire | Cornwall | Cumbria | Derbyshire | Devon | Dorset | Durham | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Sussex | Essex | Gloucestershire | Greater London | Greater Manchester | Hampshire | Herefordshire | Hertfordshire | Isle of Wight | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | City of London | Merseyside | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Northumberland | North Yorkshire | Nottinghamshire | Oxfordshire | Rutland | Shropshire | Somerset | South Yorkshire | Staffordshire | Suffolk | Surrey | Tyne and Wear | Warwickshire | West Midlands | West Sussex | West Yorkshire | Wiltshire | Worcestershire |
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Counties that originate prior to 1889 Bedfordshire | Berkshire | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire | Cheshire | Cornwall | Cumberland | Derbyshire | Devon | Dorset | Durham | Essex | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Herefordshire | Hertfordshire | Huntingdonshire | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | Middlesex | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Northumberland | Nottinghamshire | Oxfordshire | Rutland | Shropshire | Somerset | Staffordshire | Suffolk | Surrey | Sussex | Warwickshire | Westmorland | Wiltshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire |
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