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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - History
The town has Roman, Saxon and Viking connections. The Roman camp of 'Derventio' was probably at Little Chester/Chester Green (Grid refere...
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Textile Manufacture During The Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Textile Manufacture During The Industrial Revolution - Industry And Invention
In 1733 in Bury, Lancashire, John Kay invented the flying shuttle — one of the first of a series of inventions that was to propel Brita...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - History
The town has Roman, Saxon and Viking connections. The Roman camp of 'Derventio' was probably at Little Chester/Chester Green (grid refere...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Landmarks
Derby Cathedral boasts the second-highest cathedral tower in the country.
Derby Heritage Centre, formerly the Tudor Grammar School, tells...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Culture Entertainment And Sport
The annual open-air concert at Darley Park is one of the biggest free concerts of its kind. The Derby Jazz group caters for the jazz inte...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Media
The Derby Evening Telegraph is the city's daily newspaper. In addition, two free newspapers, the Derby Trader and Derby Express, are deli...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Education
Like most of the UK, Derby operates a non-selective primary and secondary education system with no middle schools. Students attend infant...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Industry
Derby's two biggest employers, Rolls-Royce plc (known almost universally in the area as 'Royce's') and the Toyota Motor Corporation, are ...
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Textile Manufacture During The Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Textile Manufacture During The Industrial Revolution - Workers
Working conditions in the early British textile factories were brutal. Children, men, and women regularly worked 68-hour work weeks. Fact...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Industry
Derby's two biggest employers, Rolls-Royce plc (known almost universally in the area as 'Royce's') and the Toyota Motor Corporation, are ...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Landmarks
Derby Cathedral boasts the second-highest cathedral tower in the country.
Derby Heritage Centre, formerly the Tudor Grammar School, tells...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Culture Entertainment And Sport
The annual open-air concert at Darley Park is one of the biggest free concerts of its kind. The Derby Jazz group caters for the jazz inte...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Education
Like most of the UK, Derby operates a non-selective primary and secondary education system with no middle schools. Students attend infant...
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Derby: Encyclopedia Ii - Derby - Media
The Derby Evening Telegraph is the city's daily newspaper. In addition, two free newspapers, the Derby Trader and Derby Express, are deli...
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Textile Manufacture During The Industrial Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Textile Manufacture During The Industrial Revolution - Export Of Technology
While profiting from expertise arriving from overseas (e.g. Louis Paul), Britain was very protective of home-grown technology. In particu...
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