Derby, Derbyshire - Dennis multiview postcard inc Council House, Chapel - 1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Derby multiview - Council House / Friar Gate / Chapel on the Bridge
• Publisher:  Dennis (D.3544)
• Postally used:  no
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Derby (ⁱ/'d?rbi/ DAR-bi) is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2011 census, the city had a population of 248,700.

The city has Roman, Saxon and Viking origins.

The Roman camp of 'Derventio' was probably at Little Chester/Chester Green (grid reference SK353375); The site of the old Roman fort is at Chester Green. Later the town was one of the 'Five Boroughs' (fortified towns) of the Danelaw.

Djúra-bý, recorded in Anglo-Saxon as Deoraby ""Village of the Deer"". This popular belief is asserted by Tim Lambert who states, ""The name Derby is derived from the Danish words deor by meaning deer settlement"" without reference or proof.^[3] However some^[who?] assert that it is a corruption of the original Roman name 'Derventio'. The proven origin of the name ""Derby"" would seem to be elusive.

The name could also be linked with the river which flows through it, the Derwent, meaning 'oak'.

However the name derby might not be Danish at all. There is an assumption that by is from Danish village, however there is no evidence that by is solely Danish as it is mainly found in the former Anglian areas. Secondly places such as thorpe are equally Old English and even found in German as porp. Bu/By is found in Old English meaning dwelling and could simply refer to a deer dwelling or related to derwent meaning oak, hence oak dwelling or even refer to the former Roman name. Dwelling would make more hence than village as why would deer be in a village? Mainly placenames especially in northern and middle England are barely recorded before Doomsday and by recording in Old English hence deorabyscire seems to match an older English origin especially considering we know little of placenames in this area in the Dark Ages and placenames often are the most durable, so its unlikely it changes names twice after the Romans. Some have even suggested that Old English was spoken in Britain before and during the Romans and hence Derventio (which is found in a number of places in Roman Britain) might be from deor + wende meaning animal winding as a description of the river hence derwent. So Old English might have simply been re-established after the Romans left.

The town name appears, nevertheless, as 'Darby' or 'Darbye' on early modern maps, such as that of Speed (1610).

Modern research (2004) into the history and archaeology of Derby has provided evidence that the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons probably co-existed, occupying two areas of land surrounded by water. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (c. 900) says that ""Derby is divided by water"". These areas of land were known as Norþworþig (""Northworthy"", = ""north enclosure"") and Deoraby, and were at the ""Irongate"" (north) side of Derby.^[4]

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period=1945 - present

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