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The Derwent River valley was inhabited by the Mouheneener people for at least 8, 000 years before British settlement.
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The city is located in the state's south-east on the estuary of the Derwent River.
The world class, multi-story MONA gallery built directly underneath an historic Sir Roy Grounds building, over looks the majestic Derwent River.
The name is locative and descriptive of crossing points over the River Derwent being derived from a combination of the words stone, ford and bridge i. e. stoneford and bridge.
One mile to the south along the River Derwent at Scoreby lies the site of a 1st to 4th century Roman settlement known as Derventio.
Their army was divided in two ; with some of their troops on the west side of the River Derwent and the bulk of their army on the east side.
Chatsworth House across the River Derwent, Derbyshire | River Derwent, with the Hunting Tower visible above
Standing on the east bank of the River Derwent, Chatsworth looks across to the low hills that divide the Derwent and Wye valleys.
The River Derwent, Derbyshire | River Derwent, Bridge and House at Chatsworth
Weir on the River Derwent, Derbyshire | River Derwent at the Chatsworth estate
This, two – lane bridge crossed the Derwent River at Hobart, Australia.
* River Derwent
The Trust is now based at East Mill on the River Derwent in the town of Belper, Derbyshire.
Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001.
Within the site are mill complexes, settlements including workers ' housing, weirs on the River Derwent, and the transport network that supported the mills in the valley.
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* The Upper Derwent: 10, 000 years in a Peak District valley.
Derwent derives from the Brythonic term Derventio, meaning " valley thick with oaks ".
The Derwent Valley Museum, located on the Derwent Reservoir dam and run privately by Vic Hallam, tells the history of the Derwent valley and of Derwent, Ashopton and Birchinlee as well as the tale of RAF Squadron 617 and its training for Operation Chastise during the Second World War.
The proximity of Sheffield and its neighbours to the Upper Derwent valley were thus factors in the decision to dam the valley to create the Howden and Derwent reservoirs.
The exhibition, owned and run by Vic Hallam, tells the tale of Squadron 617 and its training for Operation Chastise and also has a display on the history of the Derwent valley and the lost villages of Derwent and Ashopton.
The Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire ( the test area for the real raids ) doubled as the Ruhr valley for the film.
Belper is situated eight miles north of Derby and is centred in the valley of the River Derwent.
The valley of the River Derwent, a major tributary of the Tyne that rises in County Durham, saw the development of the steel industry from around 1600 onwards.
Further up the valley are the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden dams.
The edges around Baslow, such as Froggatt Edge, offer fine walking and rock climbing, with splendid views over the Derwent valley.
Consett sits above the rural Derwent valley on the edge of the boundary of County Durham and Northumberland.
The City of Clarence is located between the eastern shore of the Derwent River to the west, Pitt Water and the Coal River valley to the east, the Meehan Range to the north, and Storm Bay to the south.
The valley is now technically the Derwent Valley, but the term " Hope Valley " is still used as the Derwent flows through Hathersage, Grindleford and Calver.
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.
The Via Gellia dry valley joins the Derwent at Cromford.
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The first British turboprop engine was the Rolls-Royce RB. 50 Trent, a converted Derwent II fitted with reduction gear and a Rotol 7-ft, 11-in five-bladed propeller.
William of St. Carilef was made Bishop of Durham, and was also given the powers of Earl for the region south of the rivers Tyne and Derwent, which became the County Palatine of Durham.
He was educated at the independent Arundale School in Pulborough, Dorset House School, Worth School, Collyer's Sixth Form College ( all in West Sussex ) and the University of York, where he was a member of Derwent College and read politics.
For his performance as Harry Brock, Paul Douglas was awarded the 1946 Clarence Derwent Award for the most promising male performance.
* Derwent Coleridge distinguished scholar, author was rector at Hanwell.
The cotton industry in the Derwent Valley went into decline in the first quarter of the 19th century as the market shifted towards Lancashire which was better position in relation to markets and raw materials.
The problem of shifting markets affected the entire Derwent Valley ; Lancashire was better situated than the Derbyshire in relation to the raw materials and new markets.
Slater Mill Historic Site | Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, incorporated many elements of the factory system developed in the Derwent Valley, and was built by Samuel Slater from Belper.
New Lanark in Scotland – also a World Heritage Site – was directly influenced by Richard Arkwright and the developments in the Derwent Valley ; Lanark was identified as a potential site for a mill on a visit by David Dale and Arkwright in 1784.
Dale later established four mills at Lanark ; they were struturally similar to Arkwright's Masson Mill and at least two of the mills used technology developed in the Derwent Valley, although the factory system was different to that used in the Derwent Valley.
New Lanark was acquired by Robert Owen in 1799 who developed paternailism further than had been done in the Derwent Valley, experimenting with education for young and old and social control.
Among them was Samuel Slater who was from the Derwent Valley and an apprentice of Jedediah Strutt.
Many of the technologies developed in the Derwent Valley Mills endured and were adopted for other textile industries ; until the mid-20th century, carding was still performed with machinery invented by Richard Arkwright.
The proposal was successful and in 2001 the Derwent Valley Mills were designated a World Heritage Site.
Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC ( 1 June 1855 – 18 May 1947 ), known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Location of DeiraDeira ( Old English: Derenrice ( Scandinavian: Deren Riket ; Germanic Deren Reich ) or Dere ) was a kingdom in Northern England which probably emerged when Anglian warriors conquered the Derwent Valley in the third quarter of the fifth century.
As its name implies, the Trent and Mersey canal ( T & M ) was built to link the River Trent at Derwent Mouth ( in Derbyshire ) to the River Mersey.
Between 1913 and 1926 Elvington was served by a passenger service on the Derwent Valley Light Railway.
Prior to 1974, it was a village in the Derwent Rural District, which was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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