Photographs of Darley Abbey in Derby,
England

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Darley Abbey. This is located in Derbyshire.


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• Photos of Darley Abbey, Derby, Derbyshire, England.
Darley Abbey has one of the oldest buildings in Derby in the form of the Abbey on Darley street. It dates from the mid 12th Century and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Most of the old buildings from this time have been demolished around the time of the Dissolution in 1538.
The boar's head cotton mill, founded by Thomas Evans in 1782 was built here, four out of the five mills still remain today.The mills were used for the preparation of paper, Corn, Leather and for Fulling (treatment of cloth). The Evans family created housing for it's mill workforce at Flat Square, Hill square,Brick Row and Mile ash lane. The workforce were well looked after, The houses were served by one of England's first sewage disposal systems.

They built Saint Mathews church in 1819 and Saint Mathews School in 1826.
The mills were sold by the Evans family in 1903, The paper mill on the village side of the river was demolished in 1934 but all other buildings remain. They are now used by businesses.
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Photo Description : The Darley Abbey pub
Image Reference No. : DP-040701DRLYA-01
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Date photo taken : 4th July 2001
Other Information : This is the Darley Abbey pub, One of the oldest buildings in Darley Abbey. It became a pub in 1980
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Photo Description : Poplar road and New road
Image Reference No. : DP-040701DRLYA-02
Date photo taken : 4th July 2001
Other Information : These three storey houses were built around 1790 for the mill workers.
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Photo Description : The long weir
Image Reference No. : DP-040701DRLYA-03
Date photo taken : 4th July 2001
Other Information : This is one of the long weirs at Darley Abbey.

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Photo Description : The riverside garden
Image Reference No. : DP-040701DRLYA-04
Date photo taken : 4th July 2001
Other Information : This nice little garden is next to the river derwent with the weir just in front and the mill buildings in the distance.
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Photo Description : The Boar's head cotton mill
Image Reference No. : DP-040701DRLYA-05
Date photo taken : 4th July 2001
Other Information : These buildings are the old mills, the nearest one is now Darley's restaurant (or Darleys Resturant). The bridge is one of Derby's old Toll bridges. These buildings were built in 1782.

The family crest of the Evans family, who founded the mill at Darley Abbey, is ' on a charger a boars head erased argent '.

Thomas Evans named the mill the Boar's Head and used as its trade mark a boar's head. The trade mark was to become well-known and respected in many parts of the world symbolising trustworthy thread of the highest quality.


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Photo Description : The weir with geese
Image Reference No. : DP-040701DRLYA-06
Date photo taken : 4th July 2001
Other Information : This is one of the weirs with lots of Canada Geese on it.
This photo was taken from the toll bridge.
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Photo Description : The weir after heavy rain
Image Reference No. : DP-281001DRLYA-07
Date photo taken : 28th October 2001
Other Information : This is the same weir but 2 days after a very heavy rain storm which caused lots of flooding as well as canceling the Bonfire and Fireworks display on Markeaton Park in 2001 !

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Photo Description : Saint Mathew's church.
Image Reference No. : DP-040701DRLYA-08
Date photo taken : 4th July 2001
Other Information : This is St Mathew's church, it was built in 1819 by Moses Wood. The chancel was added in 1885-91
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Photo Description : Saint Alkmunds well
Image Reference No. : DP-200701DRLYA-09
Date photo taken : 20th July 2001
Other Information : This is St Alkmunds well located at the bottom of River street. It is the last surviving holy well in Derby from the middle ages. It is first mentioned about 1190, but probably goes back to the dedication of the first minister church of Derby to the Northumbrian martyr St Alkmund shortly after 800. St Alkmunds church used to stand near here but it was demolished in the 1960's.



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