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Derwent Valley Mills*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Masson Mills, Derwent Valley
State Party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iv
Reference1030
RegionEurope and North America
Inscription History
Inscription2001  (25th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
† Region as classified by UNESCO.
Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. The modern factory, or 'mill', system was born here in the 18th century to accommodate the new technology for spinning cotton developed by Richard Arkwright. The insertion of industrial establishments into a rural landscape meant the construction of housing for the mill workers.

The site consists of the communities of Cromford, Belper, Milford, Darley Abbey and Lombe's Mills, and it includes 867 listed buildings. A further nine structures are Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

At the Working Textile Museum at Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill, there are approximately 680,000 bobbins on display.

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Belpers East mill built 1912.
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Derwent is a river in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is 80 km (50 miles) long and is a tributary of the River Trent which it joins south of Derby City.

It rises in the Peak District at Bleaklow east of Glossop and flows through the Upper Derwent Valley with its three
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Derbyshire (pronounced "dar-bee-sher" /ˈdɑːbɪʃə/, as opposed to "dar-bee-shire") is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire.
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where workers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another.
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Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant (Gossypium sp.), a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India, and Africa.
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Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) to Ellen and Thomas Arkwright was an Englishman credited with the spinning frame — later renamed the water frame following the transition to water power.
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Rural areas (also referred to as "the country", countryside) are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities. Such areas are distinct from more intensively settled urban and suburban areas, and also from unsettled lands such as outback, American Old West
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Cromford

Cromford ()
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Belper

Belper ()
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Milford is a village in Derbyshire, England, on the River Derwent, between Duffield and Belper on the A6 trunk road.

Until the end of the eighteenth century it was no more than a few houses near the point, about a quarter of a mile further south, where a roman road from the
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Darley Abbey is a village on the outskirts of Derby, England. The village is located on the River Derwent and is associated with the world heritage site of Derwent Valley Mills.
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John Lombe was a silk spinner in 18th century Derby, England.

He was born in Norwich in approximately 1693 the son of a worsted weaver.

He was a younger half-brother of Thomas Lombe, who after his death would go on to amass a fortune as a silk merchant in Norwich and
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'listed building' refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. It is a widely used status, applied to around half a million buildings.
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In the United Kingdom, a Scheduled Monument is a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The protection given to scheduled monuments is separate from the Town and Country Planning system.
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A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Blenheim Palace is a large and monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the only non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title "palace". The Palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1722.
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State Party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, vi
Reference 496
Region Europe

Inscription History
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State Party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, vi
Reference 496
Region Europe and North America

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State Party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, vi
Reference 496
Region Europe and North America

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Bath

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State Party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii, iv
Reference 1215
Region Europe and North America

Inscription History
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State Party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv, vi
Reference 370
Region Europe and North America

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