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Derby Local Studies and Family History Library
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Businesses (13)
- Arthur Clemson Ltd, cardboard box manufacturers and printers Derby, Derbyshire
- Bent, physician Derby, Derbyshire
- Bingham & Neaum, printers Derby, Derbyshire
- Brookhouse Johnson Ltd, builders suppliers Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Canal Co Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Gas Light & Coke Co Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Printers Ltd Derby, Derbyshire
- E Ashley Ltd, dispensing chemists Derby, Derbyshire
- Farm Swettenham, Cheshire
- John Davis & Son, heating engineers Derby, Derbyshire
- Lloyd, Wilson & Co, silk manufacturers Derby, Derbyshire
- Plowright Bros Ltd, colliery engineers Chesterfield, Derbyshire
- Spiral Tube (Heat Transfer) Ltd Derby, Derbyshire
Organisations (50)
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Derby branch Derby, Derbyshire
- Ashover and Handley parish Ashover, Derbyshire
- Bradbourne and Walton on Trent estates Bradbourne, Derbyshire
- Coton in the Elms parish Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire
- Derby Air Raid Precautions Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby and District Trades Council Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Borough elections Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Chamber of Commerce Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby College of Further Education Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Constituency Labour Party Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Corporation Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Corporation charities Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby County Football Club Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Floral Society Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Mechanics Institute Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Mercers Company Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Philosophical Society Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Scottish Association and Burns Club Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Temperance Society Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Town and County Museum Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Union Board of Guardians Derby, Derbyshire
- Derby Voluntary Association for Mental Welfare Derby, Derbyshire
- Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Quarterly Meeting Derbyshire;Nottinghamshire
- Derbyshire land tax Derbyshire;Derbyshire
- Derbyshire lay subsidy Derbyshire;Derbyshire
- Derbyshire Natural History and Philosophical Society Derbyshire;Derbyshire
- Derbyshire Quarter Sessions Derbyshire;Derbyshire
- Derbyshire Royal Infirmary Derby, Derbyshire
- Derbyshire: sheriff Derbyshire;Derbyshire
- Duffield parish Duffield, Derbyshire
- Eyam enclosure Eyam, Derbyshire
- Glapwell and Rowthorn fifteenth Glapwell, Derbyshire
- Glossop Borough Glossop, Derbyshire
- Ilkeston Borough Ilkeston, Derbyshire
- John Leaper Newton of Mickleover Mickleover, Derbyshire
- Kyndwr Club Derbyshire;Derbyshire
- Leicestershire elections Leicestershire;Leicestershire
- Little Longstone enclosure Little Longstone, Derbyshire
- Littleover parish Littleover, Derbyshire
- National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers: Derbybranch Derby, Derbyshire
- National Union of Elementary Teachers: Derbyshire area Derbyshire;Derbyshire
- Normanton parish Normanton, Derbyshire
- Ripley parish Ripley, Derbyshire
- St Mary's bridge, Derby Derby, Derbyshire
- St Michael parish, Derby Derby, Derbyshire
- Tamworth Tamworth, Staffordshire
- Tideswell common Tideswell, Derbyshire
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers: Derby CWSbranch Derby, Derbyshire
- Workers Educational Association: Derby branch Derby, Derbyshire
Persons (36)
- Banks, Sir Joseph, (1743-1820), Knight, Baronet, naturalist
- Bateman, Thomas, (1821-1861), archaeologist and antiquary
- Bemrose, Sir Henry Howe, (1827-1911), Knight MP, printer and publisher
- Brierley, Walter, (1900-1972), Novelist
- Burton, Richard John, (1826-1901), Curate of Woodcote
- Carrington, Samuel, (1832-1918), engineer
- Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt, (1781-1841), Knight, Knight, Sculptor
- Coke, D'Ewes, (1774-1856), barrister agent to Duke of Rutland
- Da Costa, Emanuel Mendes, (1717-1791), naturalist
- Earwaker, John Parsons, (1847-1895), Cheshire Antiquary
- Eyre, James, (fl 1830), Derbyshire Artist
- Glover, Stephen, (d 1869), Derbyshire Historian
- Gouger, Robert, (1802-1846), Colonial Secretary to South Australia
- Greaves, Charles Sprengel, (1801-1881), barrister and author
- Haslem, John, (1808-1884), China Painter
- Hutton, William, (1723-1815), Topographer Historian Bookseller
- Jewitt, Llewellyn Frederick William, (1816-1886), antiquary
- Kerry, Charles, (d ? 1910), Anglican clergyman, antiquary
- Mundy, Alfred Miller, (fl 1850), Colonial Secretary of South Australia
- Mundy, Sir George, (1777-1861), Knight Admiral
- Mundy, Sir Robert Miller, (1813-1892), Knight, Colonial Governor
- Pegge, Samuel, (1704-1796), Prebendary of Lincoln Antiquary
- Pegge, Samuel, (1733-1800), Antiquary Poet and Composer
- Rawlins, Richard Randall, (d 1874), Antiquary Anglican Clergyman
- Ripley, George, (fl1450-1490), alchemist
- Rooke, Hayman, (1723-1806), soldier antiquary and archaeologist
- Strutt, Edward, (1801-1880), 1st Baron Belper
- Thelwall, John, (1764-1834), Reformer and Elocution Teacher
- Thompson, Gilbert, (fl 1880-1902), Historian and Archaeologist
- Tilley, Joseph, (fl 1892-1902), local historian
- Walkerdine, Wilfred Ernest, (1878-c 1960), Anglican Clergyman and Antiquary
- Wallis, Alfred, (fl 1860-1905), journalist
- Watson, White, (1760-1835), geologist
- Wolley, Adam, (1758-1827), Derbyshire Topographer
- Wolley, William, (? 1655-1719), antiquary
- Wright, Joseph, (1734-1797), Painter
Diaries (1)
- Ley, Robert Charles Ingleby, Derbyshire
Families (6)
- Barnes family of Ashgate Ashgate, Derbyshire;Brampton, Derbyshire;Dronfield, Derbyshire;Ripley, Derbyshire
- Greaves family of Ingleby Hall Ingleby, Derbyshire
- Hallowes family of Glapwell Glapwell, Derbyshire
- Nadauld family of Ashford Ashford, Derbyshire
- Potter family of Stanley Stanley, Derbyshire
- Woolhouse family of Glapwell Glapwell, Derbyshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (15)
- NRA 27874 Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners: Derby branch link to scanned list
- NRA 27872 Derby Board of Guardians link to scanned list
- NRA 27867 Derby Canal link to scanned list
- NRA 27868 Derby Chamber of Commerce link to scanned list
- NRA 25246 Derby College of Further Education link to scanned list
- NRA 27866 Derby Gas Light and Coke link to scanned list
- NRA 27870 Derby Labour Party link to online catalogue
- NRA 27869 Derby Mechanics Institute link to scanned list
- NRA 27873 Derby Temperance Society link to scanned list
- NRA 20300 Derbyshire County Library: local studies collection
- NRA 29462 Derbyshire parishes
- NRA 7161 Flint, Bishop & Barnett, solicitors link to scanned list
- NRA 2583 Glapwell and misc deeds (various counties) link to scanned list
- NRA 1066 Lacock family of Burton Joyce, Notts: papers incl Brassington Tithe papers
- NRA 27878 RB McMillan Ltd, printers, Derby link to scanned list