Derby (/ˈdÉ'Ë rbi/ (listen) DAR-bee) is a city and unitary authority
area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent
in the south of Derbyshire, of which it was traditionally the county
town.[nb 1] Derby gained city status in 1977, and by the 2011 census
its population was 248,700.Derby was settled by Romans â€" who
established the town of Derventio â€" Saxons and Vikings, who made
Derby one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market
town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill,
an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the
birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern
part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival
of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the
British rail industry.Derby is a centre for advanced transport
manufacturing, being home to the world's second largest aero-engine
manufacturer: Rolls-Royce. Bombardier Transportation are based at the
Derby Litchurch Lane Works and were for many years the UK's only train
manufacturers. Toyota Manufacturing UK's automobile headquarters is
southwest of the city at Burnaston. Derby Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter