"Derbyshire"

• County of north central England
• Area: 1,015 sq mi
• Towns and cities:
  • Matlock (administrative headquarters)
  • Derby
  • Belper
  • Chesterfield (Sheffield district)
  • Ilkeston
• Features:
  • Peak District National Park (including Kinder Scout 2,088 ft)
  • Rivers:
    • Derwent
    • Dove
    • Rother
    • Trent
  • Chatsworth House, Bakewell (seat of the Duke of Devonshire)
  • Haddon Hall
• Industries:
  • cereals
  • dairy and sheep farming
  • textiles

    There have been pit and factory closures, but the area is being redeveloped, and there are large reserves of fluorite

• Population: 928,600
• Famous people:
  • Samuel Richardson
  • Thomas Cook
  • Marquess Curzon of Kedleston