DERBY. 
eretted i in the reign of Henry VIIL, on its upper part is 
ed with tracery, croc » high pinnacles, 
nts ; but the body i 
attle oo and the interior 
is particularly light and fpacicus. The roof is fupported by 
ve columns on each The defign of the body of the 
church was executed by Gibbs, the ingenious architect of St. 
“Martin’s in the Fields, London. he money fo uilding it 
was chiefly procured through the indef: Keele iene of 
the then minifter, Dr. Michael pacar whoie zeal and 
fuccefs in this work are recorded on a tablet to his memory, 
placed again’ the fouth wall within i church. On the 
fouth fide of the chancel is the monument-room of the Ca- 
In this repofitory is 
ment to thememory .. the ce eles et of Shre 
it was conftructed in he: life-time, and under her eae oie 
Am other coaaeat de fae. of notice, is one to the 
ne a Witham, earl of Devonthire, who died in a 
ant! Chriftian, his countefs. Another neat monu 
Nollekins, difplays the medallion and arms phe Willers, earl 
: ural monu- 
ae wae 
is a curious et sail of Bihar roe who was the on 
of a poor nailor in this town, an o Londen ina Jea- 
thern _— to feek his fortune P pottefiing induftry and 
seer » his endeavours proved fuccefstul ; and having 
lecturers, the relief of the id and oth 
poles. ied in 1631. other ue churches of this 
town are de eagae dedicated e St. Alkmund, St. Peter, 
St. Werburgh, and St. Michael. The firft of thefe is fup- 
-pofed to have Sea founded at the beginning of the ninth 
century, in honour of Alkmund (fon of Alured, the depofed 
-king of No icone wa pane was flain in battle while en~ 
oe to rein{tate his 
The cael public ‘buildings in’ Derby are a county 
hall, a oat hall, a county gaol, an elegant affembly room, 
and a theatre. The county hall, which isa large but ea 
building of as ftone, was finifhed in the a 1660- 
a the cor oo in 1730, is a pavlone 
nty gaol was erected about 17546, at the 
expence of the oi. aided oy a donation of 400/. from 
a pe of ape ene it is ype ci raat na fide a 
wn, near end of rae av 
rlpeable building, oa adapte enue = of j its ae 
‘ination: the front is from an cect avtign difplaying fo- 
in 1763; ecmplecsl till 3 774- 
The aa tend in “Bold on is “built of brick, and wa 
erected in 
erby isa ie improving and populous place ; and oe 
the buildings have been ar ath hesehiowe for the laf 
twenty years, they are yet a r the convenience of 
a inhabitants. Frefh ground is eae ntly broken up for 
w houfes, which are ey ae before they are completed : 
se number of houfes, as afcertained 3 the late a, was 
2,144, that of the inhabitants 10,832 ut both are in- 
creafing, and there is reafon to a wil esp Pace with 
the Bees: ape say okie of the to augmenta- 
‘tio strade. Various branches or cia befides the 
eas already aie one, are carried 0.1 to a confider- 
able extent, and feveral new works of magnitude have lately 
been eftablifhed. On Nun’s green a bleaching-ground has 
been opened, in which the proceffes are performed according 
to the improved methods introduced by the advancement of 
chemiftry: to aid the operation, a {mall fteam-engine has 
een ereCted. A miil for flitting and rolling iron‘for a va- 
83 a sarge? rm 
riety of purpofe 
wit 
vicinity. ong dern improvements of i Deby n may 
be ees ae sighting and paving of the ftreets, and the re< 
moving of t ructions that prevented a free paflage. 
Thefer porpofes were effected by ana Se ed in 1792, 
which appointed commiffioners with full er to levy a 
{mall rate on the inhabitants, and likewife to fell all the com- 
mon land belonging to Nun’s green; the fums thus pro- 
uced to be applied in defraying ‘the neceflary charges. 
ince the above year, feveral of the bridges aa were built 
acrofs the Markeaton Brook have been removed, and three 
new ones, of Rone. e, erected by fubfcription. “An elegant 
bridge of three arches has likewife been built over the Der. 
went ; and, together with the filk-mill, the weirs, and the 
broad expanfe of the river, forms a very Cs profpe& on 
oe = town uy the N a am r 
s bequefts for the relief of the poor have been 
eae i “different ae by benevolent perfons. One of the 
moft confiderable charities is the Devonthire alms-houfe, 
founded by the countefs of Shrewfbury in queen Elizabeth’s 
reign, for the fupport of eight men and four women: the 
1d ho own about cae years ago, and the 
prefent ereGted by the duke of Dev Science a 
literature meet with great ae reaiar at 
may, in fome degree, be afcribed to the Picea So. 
lifhed here about the year 1772, through the 
foftering patronage of the late Richard French, efq. and 
Dr. Darwin, atter i 
Ga O- 
a en 
anger. si to the credit of the individuals eotucns ng 
them re lle are chiefly of a fcientific and 
pili 
Der eco - ‘the diffolution of religious houfes, con- 
tie a mo oe dedicated t yee H en, d y 
ut the oe 
pe pa after the former by an abbot of baby, and 
o St. Mary ratiss; a priory of Dominicans, 
or Black Friars, cry towards the clofe of the thirteenth 
cent, and a f Clun ree founded by 
| Sa axon ene. gece 
. were alfo an hofpital dedicated to St. 
meets and a salon: diev, both inftituted for the recep- 
con of le 
Derby is eae 126 miles N.W. from ayia 3; It has 
a weekly market on Friday, and feven annual fair 
The peice oe John Flamftead, is confidered 
at fom ors asa native of this town ; an opinion which, 
ough ‘controveted is favoured 4 the circumftance of bis 
ee refiding her 
The vicinity ar “Derby furnifhes a variety of agreeable 
walks, where the inhabitants may enjoy a falutary ia 
and a fucceffion of profpe&s diftinguifhed by the fofter fea- 
tures that attend pecans On Windmill-hill, ae a Sibert 
diftance from the profpect-houfe has lately been 
reGied by —— n, efq. from which the views over 
ee adjacent country ie very extenfive. TFiutton’s Hiftory 
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