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Derwent Valley Mills

Index Derwent Valley Mills

Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. [1]

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  1. 90 relations: Act of parliament, Arkwright Society, Bakewell, Bath Street Mill, Belper, Belper North Mill, Benjamin Outram, Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, Bobbin, Buxton, Carding, Cressbrook, Cromford, Cromford and High Peak Railway, Cromford Canal, Cromford Mill, Cycling infrastructure, Darley Abbey, David Dale, Düsseldorf, Derby, Derby Canal, Derby Silk Mill, Derbyshire, Derbyshire County Council, Derwent Valley line, East Midlands Development Agency, English Heritage, Erewash Canal, Factory system, Florence Nightingale, George Sorocold, George Stephenson, Heritage at Risk Register, Hurdlow railway station, Industrial archaeology, Industrial espionage, Jedediah Strutt, John Lombe, Josias Jessop, Lancashire, Langley Mill, Listed building, Lists of World Heritage Sites, Lock (water navigation), Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway, Masson Mill, Matlock Bath, Midland Railway, Milford, Derbyshire, ... Expand index (40 more) »

  2. History of the textile industry in the United Kingdom
  3. Museums in Derbyshire
  4. Silk mills
  5. Textile mills completed in the 18th century
  6. Textile mills in Derbyshire
  7. Textile museums in the United Kingdom
  8. Watermills in Derbyshire
  9. World Heritage Sites in England

Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Arkwright Society

The Arkwright Society is a registered charity engaged in the conservation of industrial monuments in Derbyshire, focusing on the water mills of Lumsdale Valley, Ashford, Cromford and Slinter Wood.

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Bakewell

Bakewell is a market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, known for Bakewell pudding.

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Bath Street Mill

Bath Street Mill was a silk throwing mill in Derby, built in 1851 for George Holme. Derwent Valley Mills and Bath Street Mill are silk mills and textile mills in Derbyshire.

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Belper

Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent.

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Belper North Mill

Belper North Mill, also known as Strutt's North Mill in Belper, is one of the Derwent Valley Mills, given UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2001. Derwent Valley Mills and Belper North Mill are cotton mills, industrial Revolution in England, industry museums in England, museums in Derbyshire, textile mills completed in the 18th century, textile mills in Derbyshire and textile museums in the United Kingdom.

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Benjamin Outram

Benjamin Outram (1 April 1764 – 22 May 1805) was an English civil engineer, surveyor and industrialist.

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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, in and around Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.

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Bobbin

A bobbin or spool is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which yarn, thread, wire, tape or film is wound.

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Buxton

Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England.

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Carding

Carding is a mechanical process that disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres to produce a continuous web or sliver suitable for subsequent processing.

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Cressbrook

Cressbrook is a village in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire.

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Cromford

Cromford is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, in the valley of the River Derwent between Wirksworth and Matlock.

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Cromford and High Peak Railway

The Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) was a standard-gauge line between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge.

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Cromford Canal

The Cromford Canal ran from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Derwent Valley Mills and Cromford Canal are tourist attractions of the Peak District.

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Cromford Mill

Cromford Mill is the world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill, developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England. Derwent Valley Mills and Cromford Mill are cotton mills, industrial Revolution in England, industry museums in England, museums in Derbyshire, textile mills completed in the 18th century, textile mills in Derbyshire, textile museums in the United Kingdom, Watermills in Derbyshire and world Heritage Sites in England.

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Cycling infrastructure

Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use.

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Darley Abbey

Darley Abbey is a former historic mill village, now a suburb of the city of Derby, in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England.

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David Dale

David Dale (6 January 1739–7 March 1806) was a leading Scottish industrialist, merchant and philanthropist during the Scottish Enlightenment period at the end of the 18th century.

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.

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Derby

Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.

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Derby Canal

The Derby Canal ran from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone to Derby and Little Eaton, and to the Erewash Canal at Sandiacre, in Derbyshire, England.

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Derby Silk Mill

Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in Derby, England. Derwent Valley Mills and Derby Silk Mill are industry museums in England, silk mills, textile museums in the United Kingdom and Watermills in Derbyshire.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire in England.

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Derwent Valley line

The Derwent Valley line is a railway line from Derby to Matlock in Derbyshire.

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East Midlands Development Agency

East Midlands Development Agency, abbreviated EMDA, was the regional development agency for the East Midlands region of England formed in 1999.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Erewash Canal

The Erewash Canal is a broad canal in Derbyshire, England.

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Factory system

The factory system is a method of manufacturing whereby workers and manufacturing equipment are centralized in a factory, the work is supervised and structured through a division of labor, and the manufacturing process is mechanized.

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Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.

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George Sorocold

George Sorocold (– c. 1738) was an English civil engineer of the eighteenth century notable for pioneering work on water supplies and hydraulic power systems around Great Britain.

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George Stephenson

George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution.

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Heritage at Risk Register

An annual Heritage at Risk Register is published by Historic England.

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Hurdlow railway station

Hurdlow railway station was near to the hamlet of Hurdlow within Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish, to the south east of Buxton, Derbyshire on the LNWR line to Ashbourne and the south.

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Industrial archaeology

Industrial archaeology (IA) is the systematic study of material evidence associated with the industrial past.

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Industrial espionage

Industrial espionage, also known as economic espionage, corporate spying, or corporate espionage, is a form of espionage conducted for commercial purposes instead of purely national security.

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Jedediah Strutt

Jedediah Strutt (1726 – 7 May 1797) or Jedidiah Strutt – as he spelled it – was a hosier and cotton spinner from Belper, England.

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John Lombe

John Lombe (1693 in Norwich – 20 November 1722 in Derby) was a silk spinner in the 18th century Derby, England.

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Josias Jessop

Josias Jessop (1781–1826) was a canal engineer, and second son of William Jessop, one of the great canal engineers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Langley Mill

Langley Mill is a village in the civil parish of Aldercar and Langley Mill in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Lists of World Heritage Sites

This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway

The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway ran from a junction with the Midland Railway at Ambergate to Rowsley north of Matlock and thence to Buxton.

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Masson Mill

Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill is a water-powered cotton spinning mill situated on the west bank of the River Derwent in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire in England. Derwent Valley Mills and Masson Mill are cotton mills, industrial Revolution in England, industry museums in England, museums in Derbyshire, textile mills completed in the 18th century, textile mills in Derbyshire, textile museums in the United Kingdom and Watermills in Derbyshire.

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Matlock Bath

Matlock Bath is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844.

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Milford, Derbyshire

Milford is a village in the civil parish of Belper, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England.

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Mill town

A mill town, also known as factory town or mill village, is typically a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories, often cotton mills or factories producing textiles.

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National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund, formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.

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New Lanark

New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately from Lanark, in Lanarkshire, and some southeast of Glasgow, Scotland. Derwent Valley Mills and New Lanark are European Route of Industrial Heritage Anchor Points and textile museums in the United Kingdom.

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Nottingham

Nottingham (locally) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.

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Nottingham Canal

The Nottingham Canal is a canal in the English counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

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Patent infringement

Patent infringement is an unauthorized act of - for example - making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for these purposes a patented product.

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Paternalism

Paternalism is action that limits a person's or group's liberty or autonomy and is intended to promote their own good.

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Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island.

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Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal is a narrow (gauge) locked artificial waterway in northern England.

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Ratingen

Ratingen (Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Richard Arkwright

Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. Derwent Valley Mills and Richard Arkwright are industrial Revolution in England.

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Richard Arkwright junior

Richard Arkwright junior (19 December 1755 – 23 April 1843), the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, Derbyshire, was a mills owner, turned banker, investor and financier (creditor) of many successful state and private entreprises of the British Industrial Revolution which his father had helped to catalyse.

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River Derwent, Derbyshire

The Derwent is a river in Derbyshire, England.

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River Trent

The Trent is the third longest river in the United Kingdom.

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Robert Owen

Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement.

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Rocester

Rocester is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England.

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Saltaire

Saltaire is a Victorian model village near Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, situated between the River Aire, the railway, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Derwent Valley Mills and Saltaire are European Route of Industrial Heritage Anchor Points and world Heritage Sites in England.

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Samuel Slater

Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution", a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson, and the "Father of the American Factory System".

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Sawley, Derbyshire

Sawley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Erewash, in southeast Derbyshire, England.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet

Sir (Thomas) William Evans, 1st Baronet (15 April 1821 – 4 October 1892) was an English Liberal politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire.

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Slater Mill

The Slater Mill is a historic water-powered textile mill complex on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, modeled after cotton spinning mills first established in England.

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Spindle (textiles)

A spindle is a straight spike, usually made from wood, used for spinning, twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp, cotton into yarn.

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Spinning (textiles)

Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers.

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Spinning jenny

The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. Derwent Valley Mills and spinning jenny are industrial Revolution in England.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stephenson's Rocket

Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement.

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Sunday school

A Sunday school is an educational institution, usually Christian in character and intended for children or neophytes.

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Sustainable tourism

Sustainable tourism is a concept that covers the complete tourism experience, including concern for economic, social, and environmental issues as well as attention to improving tourists' experiences and addressing the needs of host communities.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Wagonway

Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways.

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Water frame

The water frame is a spinning frame that is powered by a water-wheel. Derwent Valley Mills and water frame are industrial Revolution in England.

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Weir

A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.

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Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge is a town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England.

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Willersley Castle

Willersley Castle is a late 18th-century country mansion above the River Derwent at Cromford, Derbyshire, outside Peak District National Park.

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William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, (21 May 1790 – 18 January 1858), styled Marquess of Hartington until 1811, was an English peer, courtier and Whig politician.

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William Jessop

William Jessop (23 January 1745 – 18 November 1814) was an English civil engineer, best known for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Wirksworth

Wirksworth is a market, and former quarry town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Yarn

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles.

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See also

History of the textile industry in the United Kingdom

Museums in Derbyshire

Silk mills

Textile mills completed in the 18th century

Textile mills in Derbyshire

Textile museums in the United Kingdom

Watermills in Derbyshire

World Heritage Sites in England

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwent_Valley_Mills

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