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Introduction

Derbyshire (/ˈdɑːrbiʃɪər, -ʃər/ DAR-bee-sheer, -⁠shər) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west. Derby is the largest settlement, and Matlock is the county town.

The county has an area of 2,625 km² (1,014 sq mi) and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000). For local government purposes Derbyshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and the Derby unitary authority area. The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council.

The north of Derbyshire is hilly and contains the southern end of the Pennines, most of which are part of the Peak District National Park. They include Kinder Scout, at 636 m (2,087 ft) the highest point in the county. The River Derwent is the longest in the county, at 66 mi (106 km), and flows south until it meets the River Trent just south of Derby. Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, is the furthest point from the sea in the UK. (Full article...)

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Andrew Handyside and Company was an iron founder in Derby, England in the nineteenth century.

Handyside worked in his uncle Charles Baird's engineering business in Saint Petersburg before taking over the Brittania Foundry in 1848. It had first been opened around 1820 by Weatherhead and Glover to cast ornamental ironwork, and had achieved a high reputation from the skill of the workers and the quality of its moulding sand.

By the 1840s it was diversifying into railway components. Among the early customers were the Midland Railway's Derby Works for which it supplied cylinder blocks and other castings.

Handyside's output ranged from garden ornaments to railway bridges. He produced lamp posts for the new gas street lighting (one of which still exists in the Wardwick in Derby) and was one of the first to produce the new standard Post Office letterboxes. The company also supplied a dome for Henry Bessemer's conservatory.

(More on Andrew Handyside...)

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The following are images from various Derbyshire-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1An excavated piece of Blue John (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 2The Londendale reservoirs relative to Glossop and Hadfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 31 High Peak
2 Derbyshire Dales
3 South Derbyshire
4 Erewash
5 Amber Valley
6 North East Derbyshire
7 Chesterfield
8 Bolsover
9 Derby (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 4Stalactites and flowstone (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 5Valehouse (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 6Woodhead (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 7Hand-drawn map of Derbyshire by Christopher Saxton from 1577 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 8At the Rhodeswood reservoir dam, we see the outflow canal from the Torside Reservoir dam, alongside the Rhodeswood Reservoir. The Torside dam can be seen in the distance. To the right is Shining Clough Moss and Bleaklow. To the left Bareholm Moss and Black Hill (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 9John Turner in May 2014 (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 10Arbor Low henge (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 11Magpie Mine (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 12Exposed Blue John in situ within the Witch's Cave (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 13View from on the top of Thorpe Cloud looking towards Bunster Hill (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 14Nine Ladies stone circle, a scheduled monument in the Derbyshire Dales district (from Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire)
Image 15Arnfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 16Bottoms (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 17From Thorpe Cloud looking to the left of Bunster Hill with the Car Park in the middle (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 18Derbyshire hundreds in 1832 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 19Derbyshire Tenants-in-Chief listed in the Domesday Book (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 20Stalactites in the New Series (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 21Centurial Stone from Navio Roman Fort (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 22Torside (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 23Rhodeswood (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 24Coat of arms of Derbyshire County Council (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 25The visitor centre and office complex (from Treak Cliff Cavern)

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South Wingfield Church in South Wingfield

Did You Know...

... that Joseph Wright of Derby's painting, The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (detail pictured), was only sold after his death, when all of his possessions were auctioned at Christie's?
... that the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood was born in Tintwistle in 1941?
... that in 1855 three passengers, believing they had arrived at their destination, fell to their deaths when they stepped from a train that had halted on Dinting Viaduct?
... that Joan Waste, blind since birth, was burnt to death in 1556 for being a Protestant in Derby during the reign of Bloody Mary?
... that Stenson is home to the Stenson bubble?

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