A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Derby. You may be able to find further references to Derby in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | DERBY | a town and a district | Imperial |
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This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Derby.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Chester, Little | township | Bartholomew | Litchurch | township | Bartholomew | LITCHURCH | a village and a township | Imperial | Little Eaton | township and village with railway station | Bartholomew |
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This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Derby within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | Karl Moritz | Chapter 11: Oxford to Derbyshire | 8 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 1: The Trent Valley | 7 | William Camden | Nottinghamshire, Derby and Warwick | 5 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 2: The Peak District | 3 | Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Staffordshire | 3 | Daniel Defoe | Appendix to the second volume | 2 | Charles Wesley | Jan. 1 - Apr. 30, 1744: London to Newcastle | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 3: South and West Yorkshire | 1 | Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Bristol to Plymouth | 1 | Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Plymouth to Penzance | 1 | George Head | Visiting Mull | 1 | Karl Moritz | Chapter 12: Derbyshire to Northampton | 1 | Thomas Pennant | Wybunbury to Darlaston | 1 | Thomas Pennant | Tyringham to Woburn | 1 | Thomas Pennant | July 4-17: Scarborough to Berwick upon Tweed | 1 | Arthur Young | 1791 Tour from Birmingham to Suffolk | 1 |
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This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Litchurch | 0 | 2 |
| Osmaston | 0 | 2 |
| Little Chester | 0 | 2 |
| Normanton | 2 | 2 |
| Allenton | 0 | 1 |
| Boulton | 0 | 2 |
| Darley Abbey | 0 | 2 |
| Littleover | 0 | 2 |
| Chaddesden | 0 | 2 |
| Alvaston | 0 | 2 |
| Sinfin | 0 | 2 |
| Markeaton | 0 | 3 |
| Allestree | 0 | 2 |
| Spondon | 0 | 2 |
| Morleston and Litchurch | 0 | 2 |
| Mickleover | 0 | 2 |
| Breadsall | 0 | 2 |
| Chellaston | 0 | 2 |
| Mackworth | 0 | 2 |
| Arleston | 0 | 2 |
