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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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Derby School was a school in Derby in the English Midlands. It had an almost continuous history of education of over eight centuries. For most of that time it was a grammar school for boys. The school became co-educational and comprehensive in 1974 and was closed in 1989. In 1994 a new independent school called Derby Grammar School for boys was founded.

The school was re-founded in the 12th century by a local magnate, Walkelin de Derby (also called Walkelin de Ferrieres, or de Ferrers) and his wife, Goda de Toeni, who gave their own house to an Augustinian priory called Darley Abbey to be used for the school. Local legend has it that it was the second oldest school in England. However, there is no firm information as to the site of the original school.

While Derby School was in existence almost continuously for more than eight centuries, it was closed for a few years as a result of the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Following the extinction of Darley Abbey, on 21 May 1554, Queen Mary I by a Royal Charter, and in return for a payment of £260 13s 4d, granted the corporation of Derby several properties and endowments which had belonged to Darley Abbey, the College of All Saints, St Michael's Church, and some other suppressed chantries and gilds, for the foundation of "a Free Grammar School, for the instruction and education of boys and youths in the said town of Derby for ever to be maintained by the Bailiffs and Burgesses of the same town.
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The following are images from various Derbyshire-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Coat of arms of Derbyshire County Council (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 2Stalactites and flowstone (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 3At 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 41 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 5Arnfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 6Magpie Mine (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 7The visitor centre and office complex (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 8View from on the top of Thorpe Cloud looking towards Bunster Hill (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 9Arbor Low henge (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 10Torside (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 11Bottoms (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 12Rhodeswood (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 13An excavated piece of Blue John (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 14Stalactites in the New Series (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 15From Thorpe Cloud looking to the left of Bunster Hill with the Car Park in the middle (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 16Hand-drawn map of Derbyshire by Christopher Saxton from 1577 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 17Derbyshire hundreds in 1832 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 18Exposed Blue John in situ within the Witch's Cave (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 19Nine Ladies stone circle, a scheduled monument in the Derbyshire Dales district (from Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire)
Image 20John Turner in May 2014 (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 21The Londendale reservoirs relative to Glossop and Hadfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 22Valehouse (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 23Derbyshire Tenants-in-Chief listed in the Domesday Book (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 24Centurial Stone from Navio Roman Fort (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 25Woodhead (from Longdendale Chain)

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Three Shire Head is the point on Axe Edge Moor where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet, at 53°13′N 1°59′W / 53.217°N 1.983°W / 53.217; -1.983.".

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... that Joseph Wright of Derby's painting of Miravan's revulsion as he breaks open a tomb (detail pictured) is based on a story retold by John Gilbert Cooper? (June 2011 2,100 hits)
... that the bankrupt dandy "Champagne Charlie" sold his inheritance including the painting Earthstopper on the banks of the Derwent (detail pictured)?

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