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In the 1970s Derbyshire CCC temporarily ceased playing at Derby and the club gave serious consideration to a permanent move to Chesterfield.

In 1985-86 Rio Tinto Zinc carried out borings near Peel, Derby Haven and Ballasalla.

In 1823 John Butcher, a preacher from Bolton, was landed by fishing boat at Derby Haven and brought Primitive Methodism to the island.

Gell took a look at Stafford but considered the garrison too strong, so he withdrew to Derby.

Much of Lancashire was affected by the Civil Wars, and Warrington, an important crossing on the Mersey and chosen by the Royalist, Lord Derby for his headquarters, saw considerable action.

The 15-inch gauge line was based on that developed by Sir Arthur Heywood at Duffield Bank near Derby. Much of the hall and the railway has been demolished.

That day, the key to the pool was handed to the Earl of Derby at the entrance gates by Lt Colonel Porritt.

From its depot in Reading, having stopped at Shinfield, Arborfield, Eversley and Yateley, a Thorneycroft J Type bus operated by the Thames Valley Traction Company has yet to make a pick up in Derby Green

It was erected by their famous daughter, Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), who became the Countess of Richmond and Derby and was the mother of King Henry VII.

True to its name, it is on the former Roman road which linked Derby and Chesterfield, and its solidly-built parish church looks like a miniature Liverpool Cathedral.

Our view clearly shows the terraced housing, built on the north side of the Lune outside the old city walls, where Lune Terrace and Derby Road are today.

The bulk of the surviving fortifications date from the time of Thomas, First Earl of Derby, and were constructed between 1460-1504 as a defence against Scottish raiders.

Wilson was appointed Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1698, having previously served as chaplain to the ninth Earl of Derby.

Built in 1592 for Ferdinand, 5th Earl of Derby, to enable him to watch horse-racing on the sands at Meols, Leasowe Castle was converted into a hotel in 1982.

It was built in the early 17th century, and was widened in 1925 from 16 feet to 40 feet to carry the increased traffic on the A6 trunk road between Derby and Manchester.

The first silk mill in England had been established at Derby by John Lombe in 1715. Lombe had worked as a silk weaver in Italy where he secretly made drawings of the machinery.

Leasowe was built by Ferdinando, fifth Earl of Derby and Lord of Man in 1593 as a summer residence.

Only the tower remains from the early 14th-century; the remainder was rebuilt using some original materials by Henry Stevens of Derby in 1848, who also restored a number of churches on the west

Only the tower remains from the early 14th-century; the remainder was rebuilt using some original materials by Henry Stevens of Derby in 1848, who also restored a number of churches on the west

The railway came to Burton in 1839 with the opening of the Birmingham & Derby Junction.

Derby and Lincoln were hovering around the 2000–2200 mark. Newark had by now lost ground, and its population was around 1500.

It was here that King Charles and Prince Rupert had their quarters during the King's march from Derby to Shrewsbury in September 1642.

The glacis was added by Cardinal Wolsey in c1540 while he was serving as a trustee for the underage Earl of Derby.

The Earl of Derby both gave the land and also paid for the construction of the market, which opened in 1841.