Derby: Its Rise and Progress (Derbyshire) - Contents (H.W. Davison, 1906)

Derby : Its Rise and Progress

By H.W. Davison

DERBY - ITS RISE AND PROGRESS

"I felt a pleasure in walking about Derby. There is
an immediate sensation of novelty, and one
speculates on the way in which life
is passed in it" - Boswell, 1777

CONTENTS

CHAPTER				PAGE
I.	BEFORE THE CONQUEST			1
II.	THE MIDDLE AGES			14
III.	PERIOD OF TOWN RECORDS			34
IV.	THE NEWSPAPER PERIOD-
	Part	I.	(1732-1776)	68
	"	II.	(1776-1840)	126
V.	SOCIAL LIFE			190
VI.	TRADE AND POLITICS			225
VII.	TOWN ANNALS (1833-1905)			293
VIII.	DATES OF LOCAL EVENTS			316
	TABLE OF POPULATION, ETC.			323
	HEIGHT OF THE FLOOD, 1842			324
	APPENDIX - TOWN FORDS, BRIDGES, AND HIGHWAYS			325
	INDEX			333
PLATES AND MAPS
	MAP OF DERBY : SHOWING THE STREAMS AND BRIDGES, WITH OLD SITES AND OTHER HISTORICAL FEATURES. [not available in the original]			FACING PAGE
	OLD SILK MILL			32
	ST. JAMES'S LANE			48
	DOORWAY IN SADLER GATE			80
	THE OLD WHITE HORSE, FRIAR GATE			96
	ST. MARY'S FROM THE BRIDGE			128
	THE PIAZZAS			144
	THE ROTTEN ROW			176
	AN OLD COURT			192
	EXETER HOUSE, FULL STREET			224
	HOUSE IN WARDWICK			240
	WILLOW ROW			272
	A COURT OFF BRIDGE GATE			288
	MAP OF DERBY : SHOWING EARLY AND MEDIÆVAL EXTENSIONS. [not available in the original]

[The Author is indebted to SIR HENRY BEMROSE for the use of his valuable library of local matter; to Messrs. J. and W.J. Drewry, Solicitors, Burton-upon-Trent, for the use of the early files of "The Derby Mercury"; and to Mr. Alfred Wallis, of Exeter, late Editor of "The Derby Mercury", for his kind perusal of the Manuscript and many helpful suggestions]

OCR/transcript by Rosemary Lockie in November 2016.

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