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Derby started as a Roman fort the Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD Around 50 AD, they built a fort west of the Derwent River on the site of Belper Road, then around 80 AD they built a new fort on the east bank of the river the Romans called the strong derventio coritanorum It may have been a civil settlement outside the fort in Derby civilians could sell goods to the soldiers.
However in the 4th century Roman civilization declined the last Roman soldiers left Britain in 407 AD The Roman buildings in Derby have been abandoned and fell into disrepair.
There may have been a Saxon village on the Derby site after the Romans left However, the Danes founded the city of Derby about 873 AD invaded England, they created a fortified village in Derby He was an easy place to fortify the east of the river Derwent he protected to the east and south a tributary of the Derwent protected Derby All Danes had to do was to strengthen the approach between the two northern rivers they dug a ditch and erected a land bank with a wooden fence on top Derby name is derived from the Danish words meaning DeOr by resolution of deer.
However, in 917 the captured natives Derby Saxons and it became part of the Kingdom of England Derby was more of a fortified village Derby was also a place of trade the 10th century, it had a mint and a market artisans have worked in the small town, men such as blacksmiths, coopers, carpenters and comb manufacturers.
At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 Derby had a population of about 2000 This may seem very low to us, but by the standards of the time was a medium-sized city A typical village had only 100 150 inhabitants.
In 1154 Derby received a charter a document granting the people certain rights in 1204, a new charter gave the people of Derby the right to govern, they were allowed to elect two bailiffs who ran the city Derby Merchants were also allowed to form a guild regulated trade merchants of the guild in the city and protected the interests of its members.
Several operations were performed in Medieval Derby There was a wool industry wool was woven fulled it means it has been cleaned and thickened by pounding in a mixture of water and clay wool is then dyed it There were also many leather workers making gloves and saddles There was also the same artisans found in a city like butchers, bakers, brewers, carpenters and blacksmiths.
In the Middle Ages Derby grew in size and prosperity and may have a population of about 3500 in the 14th century and then by Derby was quite a big and important city.
St James Priory a small monastery was founded in Derby in 1140 In the 13th century a hospital was added where monks cared for the poor and unhealthy There was also a leper hostel outside the city on Leonard site Street.
About 1,230 Dominicans called Blackfriars because of the color of their habits came to Derby Friars were like monks but instead of withdrawing from the world, they went to preach and help the poor.
In 1536-1539 Henry VIII closed the priory, the inn leprosarium in Derby However friary during his reign the All Saints church tower was built during the reign of his daughter Mary a woman named Joan was burned Wast for heresy in Derby.
Like all cities these days Derby suffered epidemics of plague There were serious epidemics in 1636 and 1665.
However Derby continued to grow in prosperity its flourishing textile industry Other industries included brewing in the 17th century and, from the end of the century clock making Meanwhile Derby in 1637 received a new charter and won a mayor .
In 1695, Derby won a piped water supply for those who could afford to be connected Water was pumped along the wooden pipes with a water mill.
In the 18th century, Derby was a fair sized market town in 1717, the first silk factory in England opened in Derby All Saints Church was rebuilt in 1726.
Then, in 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupied Derby, but left after only 2 days from the middle of the 18th century porcelain was made in Derby.
In 1773, George III visited Derby and agreed that an image of a crown could appear on China Subsequently, he was named Crown Derby In 1890, Queen Victoria agreed that it could be called Royal Crown Derby .
Conditions improved in Derby in the 18th century, at least as well off 1735 oil lamps lit in the streets in 1768, an act of parliament formed a body of men responsible for paving, cleaning and lighting of streets Derby.
1821 Derby streets were lit by gas In 1839 the railway reached Derby Then in 1840 a man named Joseph Strutt gave the Arboretum in the city as a gift in 1867, Michael Bass, a brewer, has gave land to the city for use as a public park.
St Marys Church was built in 1839. It was designed by renowned architect AW Pugin 1812-1852 In 1842 a new town hall was built in Derby in 1810 an infirmary was built in 1877 and a hospital for sick children was built.
Life gradually improved in the 19th century Derby's first public swimming pool in Derby was built in the 1873 Derby School of Art opened in 1878 a public library and the museum was built in 1879.
From 1880 horse drawn trams ran in the streets of Derby and in 1894 the first electric lights in Derby were also lit in the slum clearance of the 1890s began to Derby but on a very modest scale.
In engines mid 19th century Midland Railway Company began to Railway Derby Railway workshops soon became a major employer There were many iron foundries in Derby Other industries Derby in the 19th century included brewing and the manufacture of paint.
Derby has grown rapidly in the 19th century In 1877, the city limits were extended in New Normanton and Little Chester at the end of the 19th century, many new houses were built in Normanton and Peartree.
In 1907, Rolls Royce has decided to open a factory in Derby where cars and aircraft engines were made other industries in Derby in the 20th century were railway engineering and construction of aircraft engines was as a textile industry.
In 1904, the first electric trams ran in Derby They stopped in 1930 and were replaced by buses Meanwhile, the first cinema opened in 1910 in Derby.
In 1916, a Zeppelin airship bombed Derby killing 5 people and in 1924 a war memorial was erected in 1927 in Derby Can All Saints Church was made a cathedral and city hospital was built in 1929.
In the 1930s a ring road was built around Derby Also in 1933, Roadshow John Logie Baird demonstrated television in Derby The BBC began regular television broadcasts in 1936.
Markeaton public park in 1931, the Gardens of the river opened in 1934. A new bus station was built in Derby in 1933 and the Council House was built in 1939-1941 Meanwhile in the 1920s and 1930s slum clearance continued and the first houses were built of the board.
During World War II 74 people were killed by German bombing in Derby and over 300 were injured.
After 1945 Council Derby built much council has the largest area of the board was built to Mackworth early 1950s Many private houses were built in the 1980s, a large property of private homes was built between Chaddesden and Breadsall .
An inner ring road was built in Derby in 1969-71 Meanwhile in 1968, Derby limits have been extended to include it again Littleover, Mickleover, Darley and Darley Abbey.
An industrial museum opened in a former silk mill in 1974 and in 1975, the Eagle Center was built the same year Derby Playhouse Theater opened in Derby Assembly Rooms opened in 1977.
In 1976, Derby was twinned with the German town and Osnabruck in 1977 Derby made a city.
Markeaton Craft Village opened in 1987 Pickfords House Museum opened in 1991 and the Ram sculpture at Albion Street was built in 1995. Today, the population of Derby is 248000.
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