The Anglo-Saxons held the present counties of Kent, Sussex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and around the Humber ; it is clear that the native British controlled everything west of a line drawn from the mouth of the Wiltshire Avon at Christchurch north to the river Trent, then along the Trent to where it joined the Humber, then north along the river Derwent and east to the North Sea, and also controlled a salient to the north and west of London, and south of Verulamium, that stretched west to join their main territory.

* Derwent London, commercial developer in London

* Derwent Capital Markets, hedge fund in London

A sighting of the first Red Kite to be seen in London for 150 years was reported in The Independent newspaper in January 2006 and in June of that year, the UK-based Northern Kites Project reported that kites had bred in the Derwent Valley in and around Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear for the first time since the re-introduction.

Between them they created a reputation for " Willett built " quality houses in choice parts of London and the south, including Chelsea and Hove, including Derwent House.

Separately Derwent London plc, acquired of property in the area to add to its existing Fitzrovia portfolio after a merger with London Merchant Securities.

Derwent London created the Fitzrovia Partnership, a business partnership with Arup, Make Architects, and British Telecom, with the support of the London Borough of Camden.

In July 2010 Derwent London showcased plans for the redevelopment of the Saatchi & Saatchi building in Charlotte Street.

Derwent London also have a showroom in Whitfield Street.

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The valley floor hosts the A6 trunk road, which was the main road between London and Manchester in former times, and also the Cromford Canal and the Derwent Valley Line linking Derby and Matlock.

Returning from the trenches following the War he enrolled in the Royal College of Art in London studying under Francis Derwent Wood for three years.

Some of the Owen Luder Partnership's best known buildings are the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, Derwent Tower in Gateshead and Catford shopping centre in London, which is being considered for demolition.

( 1991 ) Transformation of a Valley: The Derbyshire Derwent, Cromford: Scarthin ( originally by London: Heinemann, 1983 ), ISBN 0-907758-17-7

As of 2010 the building was being refurbished by property developers Derwent London ; the lower ground floor had been pre-let to nearby City University London | City University for twenty years at £ 1. 2m per year ..

* Hainton, Raymonde and Godfrey ( 1996 ) The Unknown Coleridge: the Life and Times of Derwent Coleridge, 1800-1883 London: Janus

A gossiping book about fishing and country life with a descriptive of a well-known resort of anglers at the junction of the Wye and River Derwent, by John Joseph Briggs, London: Bemrose and Sons

Materials were brought in via the Derwent Valley Water Board's own branch line to the site and their sidings off the main line in the Hope Valley.

Previously it used its own station, Matlock Riverside, a short distance to the north of the mainline station, however as of 2011 both Peak Rail and trains on the Derwent Valley Line share the same station.

* Friends of Red Kites-Details about the reintroduced kites in the Derwent Valley, Gateshead

The Noe then flows to Bamford, where it enters the River Derwent which has travelled about ten miles from Bleaklow.

Montagu Bay is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, located in the City of Clarence on the eastern shore of the Derwent River, about four kilometres from the city centre of greater Hobart.

* Friends of Red Kites-Details about the reintroduced kites in the Derwent Valley, Gateshead

In 1958 a public High School was established on a large parcel of land between the Channel Highway and the foreshore of the Derwent River about 300 m away.

The bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, carrying 10, 000 tonnes of zinc ore concentrate, was heading up the Derwent River to offload its cargo to the Electrolytic Zinc Company at Risdon, upstream from Hobart and about 3 km from the bridge.

* HMS Derwent, one of three warships of the Royal Navy

Derwentwater ( or Derwent Water ) is one of the principal bodies of water in the Lake District National Park in north west England.

Today there is a commemorative plaque to 617 Squadron on the dam, and one of the towers on the dam houses the Derwent Valley Museum.

The Howden Reservoir is a Y-shaped reservoir, top one of the three in the Upper Derwent Valley, England.

Holliday made her Broadway debut on March 20, 1945, at the Belasco Theatre in Kiss Them for Me and was one of the recipients that year of the Clarence Derwent Award.

There are two bowling greens in the town, one in Vulcan Park and another on High Cloffolk, south of the River Derwent.

Regular trains between Derby and Matlock on the Derwent Valley Line are almost the only services to stop there, although one main line service per weekday stops each way and the Friends of the Derwent Valley are campaigning for more.

One ship and one shore base of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Derwent, after the Derwent River in Tasmania.

The area also has one petrol station, one pub ( Derwent Tavern ), and a library.

There has been speculation that Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake were once one larger lake with the alluvial flats now separating them formed from partial infill of the original basin.

Research indicates that mills certainly existed at Stamford Bridge circa 1130-5 and “ seven mills on one pond in the Derwent ” were recorded in 1258.

Archaeological research has shown that there was a bridge crossing of the River Derwent one mile ( 1. 6 km ) south of the present village which linked the east and west bank of the Roman settlement of Derventio.

In 1771, Arkwright installed the water frame in his cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, on the River Derwent, creating one of the first factories that was specifically built to house machinery rather than just bringing workers together.

The original estate included several buildings surrounding what is now known as Derwent House, including one which is believed to be one of the oldest buildings in Matlock, dating from circa 1670, predated only by the bridge over the River Derwent.

Lindisfarne is centred around a bay of the same name that is one of many such sheltered anchorages on the Derwent River.

Derwent College is a college of the University of York, one of the first two colleges ( along with Langwith ) to be opened following the university's inception.

Montagu Bay and its neighbour Rosny were one of the first areas, along with nearby Bellerive to be settled on the eastern shore of Hobart's Derwent River, starting from the 1820s.