Denby
| Denby | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 The Stellarsphere in the John Flamsteed Memorial Park | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK386470 |
| Location: | 53°1’11"N, 1°25’31"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,190 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Ripley |
| Postcode: | DE5 |
| Dialling code: | 01332, 01773 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Amber Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Amber Valley |
Denby is a village and parish in Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company. The population at the 2001 Census was 1,827,[2] increasing to 2,190 at the 2011 Census.
Description
Denby is three miles east of Belper and eight miles north of Derby. Denby is home to a secondary school which is named after John Flamsteed.[3] It was once served by Denby railway station on the Midland Railway's Ripley branch.
There is a memorial garden for John Flamsteed, opposite St Mary the Virgin's Church, which features the stellarsphere which shows the position of the stars and planets overhead at the current time.
The village is commemorated in the hymn tune Denby, composed in 1904 by Charles J. Dale.[4]
Related hamlets
Denby Common is a hamlet a mile to the north east of Denby Village, on the outskirts of Loscoe.
Codnor Breach, another hamlet merges into Denby Common.
Denby Bottles is half a mile to the west of Denby Village.
Together all three with Denby Village, along with a small southern area of Marehay in Ripley, and a small portion of Openwoodgate near Belper, are within Denby parish.
Notable people
In addition to John Flamsteed:
- Henry Draycott, who became a highly successful judge in Ireland, was born here in 1510; he died in Ireland in 1572.
References
- ↑ "Denby (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122660&c=Denby&d=16&e=62&g=6412816&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458224097881&enc=1. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ "Denby Parish Headcounts, 2001". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793221&c=Denby&d=16&e=15&g=433367&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ School web site, accessed 7 December 2009
- ↑ "Tune 001204 Denby". Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary. http://www.ccel.org/cceh/0012/x001204.htm. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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