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Definition: Derby from Philip's Encyclopedia

City and county district on the River Derwent, Derbyshire, central England. Known for its Derby ware china, manufactured here since c.1750. Industries: railway and aerospace engineering, textiles, ceramics. Pop. (2001) 221,716.


Derby

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city and administrative centre of Derby City unitary authority in north-central England, on the River Derwent, 51 km/32 mi northeast of Birmingham; population (2001) 229,400. Derby was granted city status in 1977 as part of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. Industries include engineering, chemicals, paper, textiles, plastics, and financial services. History Derby was first settled by the Romans who built a fort, Derventio, on the east bank of the Derwent. When the Anglo-Saxons arrived, they renamed the fort Little Chester, as it is still known today, and set up a settlement 1.6 km/1 mi to the south which they named Northworthy. This was renamed Deoraby by the Danes who captured it in 874. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, the town had a population of 2,000, and six churches, including All Saints' Parish Church, which became Derby Cathedral in 1927. Derby received a market charter from Henry II in 1154. The city suffered heavy losses in the plagues of 1349 and…
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Full text Article Derby

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
‘farmstead or village where deer are kept’, OScand djur ‘deer’ + -BY . A city (pronounced ‘darby’ or, locally, ‘derby’) and unitary authority (officially termed Derby City ) in Derbyshire, on the River DERWENT 4 , at the southern end of the Pennines, about 21 km (13 miles) southwest of Nottingham. …
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Derby already had a long tradition of pottery manufacture by the time that porcelain was made there c .1748 by Andrew Planché, a French chemist who had learned the art of making porcelain at factories in continental Europe. Early Derby production was very much aimed at the London market and imitated…
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Full text Article Derby

From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The US name (pronounced as spelled) for the headgear known as the bowler hat in Britain. The Brown Derby is a well-known Hollywood restaurant, shaped like a hat and frequented by film people. The derby stakes . (The name is pronounced ‘Darby’.) The day when the derby stakes are run during the great…
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Full text Article Derby

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city and administrative centre of Derby City unitary authority in north-central England, on the River Derwent, 51 km/32 mi northeast of Birmingham; population (2001) 229,400. Derby was granted city status in 1977 as part of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. Industries include…
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William Duesbury the younger succeeded his father in 1786 and guided the Derby factory through its best and most significant period. Production was aimed only at the wealthiest customers, with every piece finished to the highest standards. The speciality of Derby was cabinet wares, particularly cups…
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Full text Article Kentucky Derby

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
The Kentucky Derby is the greatest and most glamorous horse race in America, run since 1875 in Louisville, KY. Also known as the Run for the Roses because of the garland of roses draped on the winning horse, it is a one-and-one-quarter-mile race for three-year-old thoroughbreds and is the first race…
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Full text Article Derby

From Dictionary of Eponyms
The Derby is the name of the annual flat race for three-year-old horses run at Epsom Downs, Surrey. It is probably named after Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby ( 1752-1834 ), who founded the horse-race in 1780. The American counterpart is the Kentucky Derby, founded in 1875. Derby is also the…
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Full text Article Derby, city, England

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(där'bē, dûr'–), city and unitary authority (1991 pop. 218,026), central England, on the Derwent River. It was formerly county seat of Derbyshire but became administratively independent of the county in 1997. Manufactures include automobiles and airplane engines, pottery (see Derby ware ), synthetic…
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Full text Article Derby

From The Chambers Dictionary
a kind of porcelain made at Derby ; (with the ) a horse-race held annually on Epsom Downs (from Derby stakes, instituted by Earl of Derby , 1780); any of several horse-races modelled on this, such as the one at Churchill Downs, Kentucky; (often without cap ) any race attracting much interest, or…
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Full text Article Derby Day (Nul)

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
Derby Day is the most prestigious horse race in the world. The idea for the race arose at a dinner party in 1779 and was eventually named for the Earl of Derby, one of the guests who was present that evening. Derby Day is held annually at the Epsom Racecourse in Surrey, England, on the second day of…
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