Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
Region:	East Midlands
Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 21st 2,625 km² Ranked 20th 2,547 km²
Admin HQ:	Matlock
:	GB-DBY
ONS code:	17
NUTS 3:	UKF12/13
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 20th 962,502 367 / km² Ranked 11th 739,253
Ethnicity:	96.0% White 2.3% S.Asian
Politics
Derbyshire County Council http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
Executive:	Labour
Members of Parliament
Harry Barnes, Margaret Beckett, Liz Blackman, Paul Holmes, Bob Laxton, Tom Levitt, Judy Mallaber, Patrick McLoughlin, Dennis Skinner, Mark Todd
Districts
High Peak Derbyshire Dales South Derbyshire Erewash Amber Valley North East Derbyshire Chesterfield Bolsover Derby (Unitary)

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of England's most attractive hill and mountain scenery. 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, 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.

Before 1998 the county included the city of Derby. Derby is now a unitary authority, but remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes.

Table of contents

1 History
2 Towns and villages
3 Places of interest

History

Derbyshire was traditionally divided into six hundredss, 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 incoprorated 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.

Towns and villages

Alfreton, Alton, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water
Bakewell, Bamford, Baslow, Beeley, Belper, Birch Vale, Bolehill, Bolsover, Borrowash, Bretby, Brimington, Burbage, Buxton
Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlesworth, Chelmorton, Chesterfield, 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, Hayfield, Heage, Heanor, Hope
Ilkeston
Little Hucklow, Long Eaton
Marston Montgomery, Marston on Dove, Matlock, Melbourne, Miller's Dale, Morley
New Mills, Newhaven
Over Haddon
Peak Forest
Riber, Ripley
Shipley, Shirebrook, Staveley, Stoney Middleton, Stretton, Sudbury, Swadlincote
Tansley, Taxal, Thornhill, Tibshelf, Tideswell, Tunstead Milton
Walton, Wardlow, Whaley Bridge, Whitwell, Wirksworth
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Places of interest

Alfreton Hall

Alsop Hall

Arbor Low Stone Circle - English Heritage
Barlborough Hall
Bradbourne Hall
Bradley Hall
Bretby Hall, see also: Earls of Chesterfield
Buxton Hall
Buxton Museum & Art Gallery;
Calke Abbey - National Trust
Carsington Reservoir
Chatsworth - a stately home, part of Treasure Houses of England; see also: Dukes of Devonshire
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
Hartington Hall
Heage Windmill
Heights of Abraham
Hob Hurst's House - English Heritage
Howden Reservoir
Ilam Hall
Kedleston Hall
Ladybower Reservoir
Longdendale chain of reservoirs
Longdendale Trail, a long distance footpath
Longford Hall
Mam Tor
National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
Nine Ladies Stone Circle - English Heritage
Norbury Hall
Parwich Hall
Peveril Castle
Renishaw Hall
Riber Castle
Speedwell Cavern
Sudbury Hall
Sutton Scarsdale Hall - English Heritage
Thornbridge Hall
Well dressing - an ancient custom
Wingfield Manor - English Heritage

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