| Derby is a city situated in the East Midlands | | | | |
| and is set in the County of Derbyshire. The | | | | To this day the Charles Edward Stuart Society |
| population census of Derby in 2001 was | | | | of Derby lead a weekend of activities |
| numbered at approx 234,000 making it the 18th | | | | finishing with a parade through the city and |
| biggest place to live in England. | | | | a battle on Cathedral Green at the beginning |
| | | | of each December. |
| Derby is home to the smallest Anglican | | | | |
| Cathedral in the country. The Cathedral of | | | | During the period of the industrial |
| All Saints is said to have originally been | | | | revolution, Derby & Derbyshire had its |
| founded by King Edmund 1 in 943 as a Royal | | | | fair share of inventions. It's most famous |
| Collegiate Church but there is no evidence to | | | | were its mills. John Loombe & George |
| currently back this up. | | | | Sorocold built the first Water Powered Silk |
| | | | Mill in 1717 after Loombe had allegedly |
| The Cathedral we see today dates from the | | | | stolen the secrets of silk throwing from |
| Fourteenth Century but appears to be of an | | | | Piedmont, now known as Italy. |
| earlier medieval period. It is believed to | | | | |
| have been modelled on a nearby building which | | | | Jedediah Strutt patented and built the Derby |
| was later pulled down due to structure | | | | Rib attachment in 1759 which completely |
| problems. It received its cathedral status in | | | | revolutionised the manufacture of Hose. Rev |
| 1927 by Royal Charter which was unusual | | | | Lee famously used this attachment on his |
| because Derby at that time was still a town. | | | | framework knitting machine to produce ribbed |
| | | | hose better known today as stockings. |
| Despite being the smallest Anglican Cathedral | | | | |
| it has the 3rd tallest tower, in which there | | | | Cromford, Derbyshire is where Richard |
| is a family of Peregrine Falcons that return | | | | Arkwright, Jedediah Strutt and Samuel Need |
| every year. In 2007 webcams were installed | | | | built the first water powered cotton spinning |
| and Derby was able to witness the birth of | | | | mill in 1771. This was to be a form of power |
| two chicks that hatched on Thursday 10th May. | | | | that would be the catalyst for the industrial |
| | | | revolution. |
| On the Cathedral green you will find a statue | | | | |
| of Bonnie Prince Charlie who, in 1745, made | | | | Jedediah Strutt continued to build several |
| camp in Derby on his way south in his failed | | | | more cotton spinning mills around Derbyshire. |
| attempt to seize the English Crown. | | | | The Belper North Mill built by his son, |
| | | | William, is the only original Strutt Mill |
| He stayed at Exeter house on Exeter St. The | | | | still standing today and is now a visitor |
| Derby Central Library in the City Centre | | | | centre. |
| still show a replica of the room where he | | | | |
| held his " Council of War " and received | | | | Derby is not only famous for its cotton |
| false information that an army from Derby was | | | | spinning mills as it also has connections |
| on it's way to challenge him. | | | | with Dr Johnson, the creator of the English |
| | | | Dictionary. The painter Joseph Wright who was |
| On his journey south he led his army from the | | | | famous for his revolutionary use of light in |
| front on foot. The statue depicts Bonnie | | | | his work. The grandfather of Charles Darwin, |
| Prince Charlie on horseback as he rode north | | | | Eramus Darwin, lived in Derby even though his |
| heading home with his weary and defeated army | | | | practice was in Lichfield, Staffordshire. |
| ahead of him. | | | | |