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Introduction

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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Andrew Handyside and Company was an iron founder in Derby, England in the nineteenth century.

Handyside worked in his uncle Charles Baird's engineering business in Saint Petersburg before taking over the Brittania Foundry in 1848. It had first been opened around 1820 by Weatherhead and Glover to cast ornamental ironwork, and had achieved a high reputation from the skill of the workers and the quality of its moulding sand.

By the 1840s it was diversifying into railway components. Among the early customers were the Midland Railway's Derby Works for which it supplied cylinder blocks and other castings.

Handyside's output ranged from garden ornaments to railway bridges. He produced lamp posts for the new gas street lighting (one of which still exists in the Wardwick in Derby) and was one of the first to produce the new standard Post Office letterboxes. The company also supplied a dome for Henry Bessemer's conservatory.

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

Image 1At 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 2Woodhead (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 3The visitor centre and office complex (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 4Coat of arms of Derbyshire County Council (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 5Arbor Low henge (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 6Torside (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 7John Turner in May 2014 (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 8Stalactites in the New Series (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 9The Londendale reservoirs relative to Glossop and Hadfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 10Bottoms (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 11An excavated piece of Blue John (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 12From Thorpe Cloud looking to the left of Bunster Hill with the Car Park in the middle (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 13Rhodeswood (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 141 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)
Image 15View from on the top of Thorpe Cloud looking towards Bunster Hill (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 16Derbyshire Tenants-in-Chief listed in the Domesday Book (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 17Nine Ladies stone circle, a scheduled monument in the Derbyshire Dales district (from Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire)
Image 18Derbyshire hundreds in 1832 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 19Magpie Mine (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 20Stalactites and flowstone (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 21Hand-drawn map of Derbyshire by Christopher Saxton from 1577 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 22Exposed Blue John in situ within the Witch's Cave (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 23Valehouse (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 24Arnfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 25Centurial Stone from Navio Roman Fort (from History of Derbyshire)

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Toddbrook Reservoir was built in 1831 as a feeder for the Peak Forest Canal.^[1] It is in the heart of Whaley Bridge in the High Peak, Derbyshire.

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Did You Know...

Haslam in 1891

... that Swizzels Matlow make Love Hearts and the new part is by the Upper Peak Forest canal in New Mills
... that the plant Fumaria painteri has only been found twice in Britain, and both times by the Rev. W. H. Painter?
... that Francis Noel Clarke Mundy was painted by Joseph Wright of Derby?
... that the Rolls-Royce Conway turbofan was the first commercial aero engine to operate for 10,000 hours between overhauls?
... that Shipley Hall was demolished due to mining damage?