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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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Duffield is a village, situated next to the River Derwent in Derbyshire at the lower end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England. There have been humans in the area, probably, from the Iron Age. While it has been suggested that, once farming began, they would have inhabited the plains of the Derwent and Ecclesbourne, they would most likely have retreated to higher ground during the winter floods.

A few remains have been found of Anglo-Saxon occupation by a person, or persons, of some substance. The Domesday Survey records "Duvelle"" as being within the wapentake or hundred of Morleystone. In Norman times, Duffield Castle was built to protect the hunting grounds of Duffield Frith, awarded to Henry de Ferrers by William I.

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

Image 1Nine Ladies stone circle, a scheduled monument in the Derbyshire Dales district (from Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire)
Image 2Magpie Mine (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 3Centurial Stone from Navio Roman Fort (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 4Rhodeswood (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 5Woodhead (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 6Torside (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 7The visitor centre and office complex (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 8Stalactites in the New Series (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 9John Turner in May 2014 (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 10View from on the top of Thorpe Cloud looking towards Bunster Hill (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 11Derbyshire hundreds in 1832 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 12Arbor Low henge (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 13Bottoms (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 14Arnfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 15An excavated piece of Blue John (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 16The Londendale reservoirs relative to Glossop and Hadfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 17Coat of arms of Derbyshire County Council (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 18Exposed Blue John in situ within the Witch's Cave (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 19From Thorpe Cloud looking to the left of Bunster Hill with the Car Park in the middle (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 20At 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 21Valehouse (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 22Stalactites and flowstone (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 23Derbyshire Tenants-in-Chief listed in the Domesday Book (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 24Hand-drawn map of Derbyshire by Christopher Saxton from 1577 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 251 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)

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South Wingfield Church in South Wingfield

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Did You Know...

... that Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby succeeded to his fathers title after his brother had been murdered?
... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings?
... that Richard Knill Freeman, who designed British municipal buildings, schools and museums, also designed a church in Moscow in the 1880s?
...that the The Bull Ring is a henge that was built in the late Neolithic period near Dove Holes?
...that the North Midland Railway built the first ever railway roundhouse at their Derby Works
...that Baron St Helens attended Derby School?