Derbyshire

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Derbyshire

Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region	East Midlands
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 21st 2,625 km² Ranked 20th 2,547 km²
Admin HQ	Matlock
ISO 3166-2	GB-DBY
ONS code	17
NUTS 3	UKF12/13
Demographics
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 20th 981,200 373 / km² Ranked 11th 747,500
Ethnicity	96.0% White 2.3% S.Asian
Politics
Derbyshire County Council http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
Executive	Labour
Members of Parliament	Margaret Beckett Liz Blackman Natasha Engel Paul Holmes Bob Laxton Tom Levitt Judy Mallaber Patrick McLoughlin Dennis Skinner Mark Todd
Districts
High Peak Derbyshire Dales South Derbyshire Erewash Amber Valley North East Derbyshire Chesterfield Bolsover Derby (Unitary)

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.

It has a two-tier local government, with a county council based in Matlock and eight district councils. Apart from 13 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, there is a large amount of sparsely populated agricultural upland: 75% of the population live in 25% of the area. Although Derbyshire is in the East Midlands, some parts, such as High Peak, are closer to the northern cities of Manchester and Sheffield.

On local government reorganisation in 1974, the county was divided into nine districts. In 1998, one of these, the city of Derby became a unitary authority. However, Derby remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes.

As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Jacob's Ladder as the county flower. In 2006, an unofficial county flag was introduced, largely on the initiative of BBC Radio Derby.

Contents 1 Settlements 2 Places of interest 3 Economy 4 Education 4.1 Average score at GCSE by council district (%) 5 Trivia 6 See also

[edit] Settlements

This is a list of the towns in Derbyshire; for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Derbyshire.

• Alfreton, Alton, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water, Ashover.
• Bakewell, Bamford, Baslow, Beeley, Belper, Birch Vale, Bolehill, Bolsover, Borrowash, Brassington, Bretby, Brimington, Burbage, Buxton
• Calver, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlesworth, Chelmorton, Chesterfield, Chinley, Clay Cross, Clowne, Cressbrook, Creswell, Cromford, Crowden, Curbar
• Darley Dale, Derby, Dronfield, Duffield
• Earl Sterndale, Eckington, Edale, Edensor, Elmton, Eyam
• Fernilee
• Great Hucklow
• Hadfield, Hartington, Hathersage, Hatton, Hayfield, Heage, Heanor, Hope
• Ilkeston Ironville
• Killamarsh Kilburn
• Little Hucklow, Long Eaton, Littleover
• Marston Montgomery, Marston on Dove, Matlock,Matlock Bath Melbourne, Miller's Dale, Morley
• New Mills, Newhaven
• Over Haddon,Osmaston
• Parwich, Peak Forest, Pinxton
• Riber, Ripley Rowsley
• Sandiacre, Shipley, Shirebrook, Stainsby, Staveley, Stoney Middleton, Stretton, Sudbury, Swadlincote
• Tansley, Taxal, Thornhill, Tibshelf, Tideswell, Tunstead Milton
• Walton, Wardlow, Westhouses, Whaley Bridge, Whitwell, Wingerworth, Wirksworth, Woolley Moor
• Youlgreave

[edit] Places of interest

• Alfreton Hall
• Alsop Hall
• Arbor Low — English Heritage
• Barlborough Hall
• Bradbourne Hall
• Bradley Hall
• Bretby Hall, see also Earls of Chesterfield
• Buxton Hall
• Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
• Calke Abbey — National Trust
• Carsington Reservoir
• Chatsworth — a stately home, part of Treasure Houses of England; see also Dukes of Devonshire
• Coxbench Hall
• Crooked Spire
• Cromford and High Peak Railway
• Derwent Reservoir
• Derwent Valley Mills — a World Heritage Site
• Ednaston Manor
• Eyam Hall
• Fenney Bentley Old Hall
• Flagg Hall
• Foremark Reservoir
• Glossop Hall
• Great Longstone Hall
• Haddon Hall
• Hardwick Hall
• Hartington Hall
• Heage Windmill
• Heights of Abraham
• Hob Hurst's House — English Heritage
• Howden Reservoir
• Ilam Hall
• Kedleston Hall
• Kinder Scout
• Ladybower Reservoir
• Longdendale Chainof reservoirs
• Longdendale Trail, a long distance footpath
• Longford Hall
• Mam Tor
• Millennium Bridge, New Mills
• National Tramway Museum, Crich
• National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
• Nine Ladies Stone Circle — English Heritage
• Norbury Hall
• Odin Mine
• Ogston Reservoir
• Parwich Hall
• Peveril Castle
• Renishaw Hall
• Riber Castle
• Speedwell Cavern
• Sudbury Hall — National Trust
• Sutton Scarsdale Hall — English Heritage
• The Torrs, New Mills
• Thornbridge Hall
• Tissington Hall
• Well dressing — an ancient custom
• Wingfield Manor — English Heritage

[edit] Economy

Derbyshire is a mixture of a rural economy in the west, with a former coal mining economy in the east (Bolsover district). Nationally famous companies in Derbyshire are Thorntons just south of Alfreton and JCB Power Systems have an engine factory in South Derbyshire. Ashbourne Water used to be bottled in Buxton by Nestlé Waters UK until 2006 and Buxton Waterstill is.

[edit] Education

The Derbyshire school system is comprehensive with no selective schools. There is selection by average house price in some areas. Rural parts of Derbyshire have some of the best comprehensive schools in the East Midlands. The average proportion of results getting grades A-C at GCSE including Maths and English is 45.8% in England. For Derbyshire, it is 45.5%. Derbyshire Dales is the best performing district in the East Midlands. At GCSE, the best performing school is Saint Mary's Catholic School in Chesterfield with 85%, followed by the Ecclesbourne School in Duffield with 81%, then the Lady Manners School in Bakewell with 69%. The worst performing school is the Bennerley School in Ilkeston with 16%. The government target is 25%. At A level, the highest performing school is also Saint Mary's Catholic School, followed by the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne, then the Friesland School in Sandiacre.

[edit] Average score at GCSE by council district (%)

• 1. Derbyshire Dales 59.0
• 2. South Derbyshire 47.5
• 3. Amber Valley 47.4
• 4. North East Derbyshire 47.3
• 5. Chesterfield 46.7
• 6. High Peak 45.9
• 7. Erewash 40.4
• 8. Bolsover 31.1
• (City of Derby Unitary Authority 42.2)

[edit] Trivia

• Derbyshire was the filming location of the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice: Pride & Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley.
• Haddon Hall was the filming location for the 2006 BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre.

[edit] See also

• Derbyshire lead mining history