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Derbyshire (/ˈdɑːrbiʃɪər, -ʃər/ DAR-bee-sheer, -⁠shər) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west. Derby is the largest settlement, and Matlock is the county town.

The county has an area of 2,625 km² (1,014 sq mi) and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000). For local government purposes Derbyshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and the Derby unitary authority area. The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council.

The north of Derbyshire is hilly and contains the southern end of the Pennines, most of which are part of the Peak District National Park. They include Kinder Scout, at 636 m (2,087 ft) the highest point in the county. The River Derwent is the longest in the county, at 66 mi (106 km), and flows south until it meets the River Trent just south of Derby. Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, is the furthest point from the sea in the UK. (Full article...)

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Treak Cliff Cavern is a show cave near Castleton in Derbyshire, England. It is part of the Castleton Site of Special Scientific Interest and one of only two sites where the ornamental mineral Blue John (vein pictured) is still excavated (the other is the nearby Blue John Cavern). None of the Blue John which can be seen by visitors is now mined. This is part of an agreement with English Nature. However it is still mined from other ares of the cavern but the quantities are not large. The mineral that is mined is converted into saleable items like bowls, jewellery and ornaments.

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The following are images from various Derbyshire-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Bottoms (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 2View from on the top of Thorpe Cloud looking towards Bunster Hill (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 3Magpie Mine (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 4Centurial Stone from Navio Roman Fort (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 5From Thorpe Cloud looking to the left of Bunster Hill with the Car Park in the middle (from Thorpe Cloud)
Image 61 High Peak
2 Derbyshire Dales
3 South Derbyshire
4 Erewash
5 Amber Valley
6 North East Derbyshire
7 Chesterfield
8 Bolsover
9 Derby (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 7Exposed Blue John in situ within the Witch's Cave (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 8An excavated piece of Blue John (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 9Stalactites and flowstone (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 10Arnfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 11Woodhead (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 12Torside (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 13Arbor Low henge (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 14Nine Ladies stone circle, a scheduled monument in the Derbyshire Dales district (from Scheduled monuments in Derbyshire)
Image 15Hand-drawn map of Derbyshire by Christopher Saxton from 1577 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 16Stalactites in the New Series (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 17Derbyshire hundreds in 1832 (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 18The Londendale reservoirs relative to Glossop and Hadfield (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 19At the Rhodeswood reservoir dam, we see the outflow canal from the Torside Reservoir dam, alongside the Rhodeswood Reservoir. The Torside dam can be seen in the distance. To the right is Shining Clough Moss and Bleaklow. To the left Bareholm Moss and Black Hill (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 20Derbyshire Tenants-in-Chief listed in the Domesday Book (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 21Coat of arms of Derbyshire County Council (from History of Derbyshire)
Image 22John Turner in May 2014 (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 23The visitor centre and office complex (from Treak Cliff Cavern)
Image 24Rhodeswood (from Longdendale Chain)
Image 25Valehouse (from Longdendale Chain)

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Chatsworth House is a large country housein Derbyshire, 3½ miles north east of Bakewell. It is the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, and has been home to their family, the Cavendish family, since Bess of Hardwick settled at Chatsworth in 1549. Standing on the east bank of the River Derwent, Chatsworth looks across to the low hills that divide the Derwent and Wye valleys.

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Did You Know...

... that Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby succeeded to his fathers title after his brother had been murdered?
... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings?
... that Richard Knill Freeman, who designed British municipal buildings, schools and museums, also designed a church in Moscow in the 1880s?
...that the The Bull Ring is a henge that was built in the late Neolithic period near Dove Holes?
...that the North Midland Railway built the first ever railway roundhouse at their Derby Works
...that Baron St Helens attended Derby School?