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He later designed All Saints, Derby, now Derby Cathedral.

The pinnacled tower of Swanwick's parish church stands four-square at the end of Derby Road.

In 1846 the game was finally banned from the streets of Derby. Hence comes the expression a 'Derby game' when two local teams play one another.

Willington stands on the Trent and Mersey Canal in the Trent valley to the south of Derby.

Among them were the Nightingalls of South Hatch in Burgh Heath Road, another father-and-son team; Tom Walls the actor, who won the 1932 Derby with his April the Fifth; and George and Bessie Duller

The southern end of Derby Haven is protected by St Michael's Island with its ruined chapel, Derby fort and battery.

The Harrison Drive Baths were opened in 1932 by Lord Derby, and were hence known as the Derby Baths. The New Brighton Swimming Pool opened in 1934 and became very popular with visitors.

In 1846 the game was finally banned from the streets of Derby. Hence comes the expression a 'Derby game' when two local teams play one another.

Loyal enthusiasm reached a peak with Queen Elizabeth II's arrival at the Derby, but spectators' loyalties were divided between the two horses that fought out the finish.

It is also the last resting place of Sir Thomas Tyldesley, who had accompanied the Earl of Derby's 1651 invasion of Lancashire from the Isle of Man in support of Charles II.

The first British film shot in Technicolor, 'Wings of the Morning' (1937), had a climactic Derby scene complete with Gypsy Queen.

If this photograph was put alongside one of Derby Cathedral, it would be obvious where the design originated. The over- large capitals to the columns are 'Chinese copies' of those in Derby.

The Derby Chapel on the left, where he now rests, later became the Manchester Regiment Chapel in 1936, when the then Lord Derby gave it to the Regiment.

It contains the town's fire bell, given by Lord Derby in 1684.

Important visitors to the 1927 Derby included members of the Royal Family and Captain Lindbergh, hero of trans-Atlantic flight.

It contains the town's fire bell, given by Lord Derby in 1684.

The High Street (the A6 Leicester/Derby road) becomes Leicester Road as it runs south.

In 1828 the Earl of Derby presented the city with Stanley Palace.

Bateman was also responsible for laying out the Arboretum at Derby, the first public park in England.The Grange later became a children's hospital.

Mickleover, still known as 'the village' to its residents, is today not much more than a dormitory town to nearby Derby.

The Queen's Head Hotel, now shops, used to stand just across Matlock Bridge (from where this photograph was taken) on the way south towards Derby.

Visitors to the Castletown area had a choice of hotels; the Castletown Hotel, the Derby Haven, the Marine Hydro Hotel (where hydropathic treatments could be taken), and the Golf Links Hotel which offered

The bungalow on the left serves as a shop, and the vehicle outside belonged to Fred Derby & Sons. Close by, almost hidden by the trees, are pleasant cottages.

This view north towards Forest Hill Station shows the junction with Derby Hill as it was before the church on the left gave way to the Heron House office block.