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Derby : Its Rise and Progress
By H.W. Davison
Transcriptions by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 2016
Derby - Its Rise and Progress TABLE OF POPULATION, ETC.
| Year | Population | Area covered with with Houses | Area within Borough Boundary. |
| 1066 (Domesday) | c. | 1,000 | ― | ― |
| 1340 (Previous to Black Death) | c. | 3,000 | ― | ― |
| 1380 (Poll Tax Return) | c. | 2,500 | ― | ― |
| 1712 (Woolley) | c. | 4,000 | c. 60 acres (Speed's Map) | ― |
| 1791 (Hutton) | | 8,563 | "Less than 100 acres" | ― |
| 1801 (First Census) | | 10,828 | ― | ― |
| 1811 | | 13,043 | ― | ― |
| 1821 | | 17,423 | c. 170 acres (Simpson's Map, 1826) | ― |
| 1831 | | 23,627 | ― | ― |
| 1841 | | 37,431 | ― | ― |
| 1851 | | 40,609 | ― | ― |
| 1861 | | 44,058 | ― | ― |
| 1871 | | 49,810 | ― | 1,796 ac. |
| 1877 | | 53,200 | ― | 3,445 ac. |
| 1877 (Borough extended) | | 69,716 | ― | ― |
| 1881 | | 81,630 | ― | ― |
| 1891 | | 94,140 | 1,500-1,600 acres. | ― |
| 1902 (Borough extended) | | 105,785 | ― | 5,260 ac. |
| 1903 (June 30) | | 118,707 | ― | 5,272 ac. |
Derby - Its Rise and Progress HEIGHT OF THE FLOOD.
April 1st, 1842.
From the Derby Reporter April 7.
(The measurements are taken from the pavement.)
| CORN MARKET:- | ft. | in. |
| | Holme and Southard's | 4 | 11 |
| | Angel Inn | 6 | 0 |
| | Mr. Smith's Yard | 5 | 5 |
| ST. PETER'S STREET:- | 5 | 6 |
| | Mr. Strutt's House | 4 | 7 |
| | Mr. Storer's | 4 | 5 |
| VICTORIA STREET:- | | |
| | Mr. Goodall's | 4 | 6½ |
| | Queen's Head | 4 | 8 |
| | Athenæum | 1 | 6 |
| BECKET WELL LANE:- | | |
| | Back door of Independent Chapel | 5 | 2 |
| WARDWICK:- | | |
| | Union Poor Law Office | 4 | 3 |
| | Mechanics' Institution | 3 | 10 |
| CURZON STREET:- | | |
| | Mr. Woolley's | 3 | 3 |
| | Mr. Stone's | 3 | 4 |
| CHEAPSIDE:- | | |
| | Mr. Denston's | 4 | 5 |
| FRIAR GATE:- | | |
| | Mr. Chadfield's. | 3 | 9 |
| GEORGE STREET:- | | |
| | Mr. Shenton's Slate Yard | 4 | 0 |
| SADLER GATE:- | | |
| --- | Mr. Dallison's | 5 | 0 |
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| BOLD LANE:- | ft. | in. |
| | Theatre | 4 | 3 |
| | Elephant and Castle | 5 | 6½ |
| JURY STREET:- | | |
| | "The Bird" | 5 | 9 |
| WILLOW ROW:- | | |
| | In one part of it | 6 | 0 |
| FORD STREET:- | | |
| | Vine Tavern | 4 | 0 |
| AGARD STREET:- | | |
| | Mr. Brewer's | 2 | 10 |
| BRIDGE STREET:- | | |
| | Mr. Baldwin's | 3 | 0 |
| BROOK STREET:- | | |
| | Near Mozley & Sons' offices | 4 | 6 |
| MORLEDGE:- | | |
| | Noah's Ark | 2 | 8 |
| | Mr. Copestake's | 3 | 6 |
| TENANT STREET:- | | |
| | Mr. Gisborne's | 3 | 6 |
| NEW MARKET:- | | |
| | Some parts of it | 1 | 6 |
| ST. MARY'S GATE:- | | |
| | Corner of County Tavern | 5 | 9 |
| DERWENT STREET:- | | |
| | Mr. Barnett's | 1 | 7 |
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(From the Derby Reporter, April 14th, 1842.)
| [St. Mary's Gate]. Derby. |
| Sir, | April 4th, 1842. |
Having heard that there was a mark on one of the out buildings of the
house No. 1, Friar Gate, late in the tenure of Mr. Chadfield, shewing the height
of the highest Flood in Derby on record, he this morning kindly conducted me
to the spot. The door on which it was cut was so completely covered with
whitewash, that we could not discover it, until by the aid of a brush and some
water, the following mark was brought to view:-
The distance between the lines above and below the words, 'The Flood', is one
inch and a half; and, taking the upper line to the water mark, the Flood, on
Friday last, was eighteen inches higher than that mark.
I have also been shown another mark on a building near the late Bell's
School, in the Bold Lane, said to have been made at the same period, which is
one foot eleven inches below the present Flood line.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JNO. THOMAS SWANWICK.
N.B. - On referring to the Meteorological account kept by my late father,
I find the following remark:- "On Tuesday, the 10th of February, 1795, the
thaw caused a greater Flood than had been for fifty years".
OCR/transcript by Rosemary Lockie in November 2016.
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