Timeline of Derby

Timeline of the history of Derby, England

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Derby, England.

Prior to 18th century

  • 9thC. – Danes take town (approximate date).[1]
  • 917
    • Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians wins sweeping conquests to oust the Danes.[2]
    • Market active.[3]
  • 1160 – Derby School established (approximate date).
  • 1206 - First extant charter granted to Derby.[2]
  • 1229
  • 1294 – Parliamentary representation begins.[4]
  • 1337 - Edward III. on the petition of the burgesses grants them two bailiffs.[2]
  • 1530 – All Saints' Church tower built.
  • 1592 – Plague.[5]
  • 1611 - Derby incorporated by James I.
  • 1638 – Henry Mellor becomes mayor.
  • 1660 – County Hall built.[4]
  • 1665 – Plague.
  • 1675 – Derby Company of Mercers formed.[6]
  • 1696 – Osmaston Hall built.

18th century

  • 1717 - Silk “throwing” or spinning introduced by John Lombe.[2]
  • 1721 – Lombe's Mill built.
  • 1726 – Derby Postman newspaper begins publication.[7]
  • 1731 – Town Hall built (approximate date).[8]
  • 1732 – Derby Mercury newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1735 – 9 July: Samuel Johnson marries at St Werburgh's Church.[10]
  • 1745
    • 4 December: Jacobite army arrives.
    • 5 December: Jacobites meet at Exeter House and decide that Bonnie Prince Charlie, the young Pretender should return to Scotland instead of going on to London.[2]
  • 1750
  • 1756 – County prison built in Nun's Green.[4]
  • 1772 – New Jerusalem Chapel built.[4]
  • 1773 – Theatre built.[8]
  • 1774 – Assembly room built.[8]
  • 1783 – Derby Philosophical Society founded.[5]
  • 1796 – Derby Canal constructed.

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

  • flagDerbyshire portal

References

  1. ^ a b Daniel Lysons; Samuel Lysons (1817). Derbyshire. Vol. 5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ a b Samantha Letters (2005), "Derbyshire", Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516, Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Samuel Bagshaw (1846). "History of the Town and Borough of Derby". History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire. Sheffield.
  5. ^ a b c d George Henry Townsend (1867), "Derby", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
  6. ^ H. Arnold-Bemrose (1893). "Derby Company of Mercers". Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 15.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Stephen Glover (1843). History and Directory of the Borough of Derby. Derby: S. Glover and Son.
  8. ^ a b c d e f David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Derby". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. hdl:2027/mdp.39015068302770.
  9. ^ a b "Derby". Newspaper Press Directory. London: Charles Mitchell. 1847.
  10. ^ a b c d e Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Derby", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  11. ^ Walter F. Tiffin (1874), Chronograph of the Bow, Chelsea, & Derby porcelain manufactories, Salisbury: Brown & Co., OL 22863671M
  12. ^ George Revill (1999), "Liberalism and Paternalism: Politics and Corporate Culture in 'Railway Derby', 1865-75", Social History, 24 (2): 196–214, doi:10.1080/03071029908568062, JSTOR 4286563
  13. ^ a b c d e f E.C. Vollans (1949). "Derby: A Railway Town and Regional Centre". Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers) (15): 93–112. doi:10.2307/621033. JSTOR 621033.
  14. ^ "Midland Railway Locomotive Works at Derby", English Illustrated Magazine, 1891–1892
  15. ^ George Jacob Holyoake (1900), Jubilee history of the Derby Co-operative Provident Society Limited, 1850–1900, Manchester: Co-operative Printing Society Limited, OL 24139106M
  16. ^ "Derby (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  17. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Derby, England". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  18. ^ Rolls-Royce collapse: state takeover move. The Times, Friday, 5 Feb 1971; pg. 1; Issue 58091
  19. ^ Patrick O'Leary, "Derby's long road to city status", The Times, 29 July 1977, p.14
  20. ^ "New violence hits 10 English cities but is less serious". New York Times. 12 July 1981. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  21. ^ "1945 to Present". British History Timeline. BBC. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

1800s-1840s

  • John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley (1802), "Derbyshire: Derby", Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 3, London: Vernor & Hood, hdl:2027/nyp.33433075909014
  • William Hutton (1817). History of Derby (2nd ed.). London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley.
  • James Dugdale (1819), "Derbyshire: Derby", New British Traveller, vol. 2, London: J. Robins and Co.
  • "Derbyshire: Derby". Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9. London: James Pigot. 3 September 2023.
  • "Derby", Midland Counties' Railway Companion, Nottingham: R. Allen, 1840, OCLC 38701673
  • "Derby Railway Station", Derbyshire, Journey-Book of England, London: C. Knight & Co., 1841
  • William Adam (1843). "Derby". Gem of the Peak; or, Matlock Bath and its Vicinity (3d ed.). London: Logman & Co.
  • Samuel Lewis (1848), "Derby", Topographical Dictionary of England (7th ed.), London: S. Lewis and Co.

1850s-1890s

  • Llewellynn Jewitt, ed. (1857). "Derby". Black's Tourist's Guide to Derbyshire (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black.
  • "History of the Borough of Derby", History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby, Sheffield: Francis White & Co., 1857
  • George Samuel Measom (1861), "Derby", Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway, London: Griffin, Bohn, OCLC 12433505
  • Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Derby". Geography. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064794. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • "Derby". Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. 1881.
  • Visitors' Guide and Handbook to Derby and to the Royal Agricultural Show. Derby. 1881.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Derby", Handbook for Travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1892, OCLC 2097091
  • "Derby". History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire. Preston: T. Bulmer & Co. 1895.
  • Charles Gross (1897). "Derby". Bibliography of British Municipal History. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Published in the 20th century

  • J. B. Firth (1905), "Derby", Highways and byways in Derbyshire, London: Macmillan and Co., OCLC 882321
  • A.W. Davison (1906), Derby: its rise and progress, London: Bemrose & Sons
  • "Derby", Great Britain (7th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, hdl:2027/mdp.39015010546516
  • "Derby (England)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 69–70.
  • C.F. Eccleshare (1934), Derby; a study in urban development, University of London
  • J. Heath (1979), "The borough of Derby between 1780 and 1810", Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society
  • A. Delves (1981), "Popular recreation and social conflict in Derby, 18000-1850", in E. Yeo and S. Yeo (ed.), Popular Culture and Class Conflict 1850–1914, Brighton{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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