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Physical geography section, including geology, landscape, ecology and climate, with possible sub-page at Geology of Derbyshire Tourism, industry and culture sections, with sub-pages if necesary Reduce the settlements section to a summary of the main towns and cities; the list of settlements should be moved to List of places in Derbyshire Populate Category:Natives of Derbyshire and Category:Villages in Derbyshire Add photos to the Derbyshire images gallery Derbyshire flag chosen on the 22nd of september 2006 http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2006/08/03/derbyshire_flags_final_three_feature.shtml not yet not yet The list of places has gone Victuallers 14:04, 26 May 2007 (UTC) - needs to a minimal list. The list of places of interest is now a template which has been added to places alphabestically less than Chatsworth which have a Wiki page Victuallers 14:04, 26 May 2007 (UTC) First cat is called Category:People from Derbyshire 2nd is Category:Villages from Derbyshire. Both growing See Wikimedia Commons - Derbyshire Ref added to BBC story

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Mention should be made of Chatsworth house, and its role in films such as Pride and Prejudice. SheffGruff 18:39, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

225,074 ha? What's ha? -- Zoe

Hectares, I think. Renata 23:19 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC)

Certainly not clear, at least to this unknowledgeable American. -- Zoe

One hectare is 2.471 acres, one acre is 0.405 hectares.Renata 23:33 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC)

I know what a hectare is, but it isn't clear that a ha is a hectare. -- Zoe

See Hectare for the symbol. I've linked to the OofM page -- Tarquin 10:10 Jan 4, 2003 (UTC)

In the hope that some natives of Derbyshire watch this page, would any of you know (or be able to check) whether William Jauderell is indeed buried underneath the Taxal Church, or if it is only his son Roger whose grave is marked by a 5' plaque on the sanctuary floor? Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 07:03, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 POV? 2 Bordering counties 3 Being Bold 4 List of football teams 5 Trivia Section

[edit] POV?

"...some of England's most attractive scenery." Sounds a little biased to me. Jfingers88 19:53, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'd agree to nix or reword it Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 20:07, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't think this is POV - a large part of the county is within a National Park (so must have very attractive scenery). The Peak District area of the county is also highly popular with tourists who visit the area for it's attractive scenery. Paul the Archivist 16:47, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bordering counties

I noticed that Warwickshire was shown on the list of bordering counties. I have removed Warwickshire, because there is not actually a border between it and Derbyshire. There is a gap of a few miles. Ted Ted 17:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Being Bold

Not impressed by this page .. I have boldly deleted the list of settlements ... it was as interesting as a tel. directory and goes against Wiki policy (<30% list). The list of places of interest might be of some use if heavily editted to remove stuff like Foremark Resovoir (I pick on this one as its "mine"). Hope I haven't offended but this county deserves a better article. I understand there is a move to create a Derbyshire wikiproject ... we need one Victuallers 12:03, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

The list of "places of interest" is now a template. It can be obtained from a link at the end of the article. Victuallers 14:07, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

v • d • e Places of Interest in Derbyshire Alfreton Hall • Alport Castles • Arbor Low • Ardotalia (Melandra Castle) • Barlborough Hall • Blue John Cavern • Bolsover Castle • Bradbourne Hall • Buxton Opera House • Buxton Museum & Art Gallery • Calke Abbey • Carsington Reservoir • Chatsworth • Coxbench Hall • Creswell Crags • Crooked Spire • Cromford and High Peak Railway • Derwent Reservoir • Derwent Valley Mills • Dovedale • Duffield Castle • Ednaston Manor • Eyam Hall • Flagg Hall • Foremark Reservoir • Glossop Hall • Great Longstone Hall • Haddon Hall • Hardwick Hall • Hartington Hall • Heage Windmill • Heights of Abraham • Howden Reservoir • Kedleston Hall • Kinder Scout • Ladybower Reservoir • Longdendale Reservoir Chain • Longdendale Trail • Longford Hall • Mam Tor • Millennium Walkway, New Mills • National Tramway Museum • National Stone Centre • Nine Ladies Stone Circle • Norbury Hall • Odin Mine • Ogston Reservoir • Parwich Hall • Peak Cavern • Peveril Castle • Pilsbury Castle • Poole's Cavern • Renishaw Hall • Riber Castle • St Helen's House, Derby • Shining Cliff Woods • Speedwell Cavern • Sudbury Hall • Sutton Scarsdale Hall • Thornbridge Hall • Thorpe Cloud • Tissington Hall • Treak Cliff Cavern • Well dressing • Wingfield Manor

[edit] List of football teams

I'm trying to make this page a little more presentable and i don't know what to do with the list of football teams. A lot of work has gone into it and it is useful i'm just not sure the main derbyshire page is right for it. I was going to start a new page and just transfer it across, maybe to something like List of football clubs in Derbyshire. However there is no precedent. Anyway i'll check back and if nothing has been proposed soonish i'll remove the list and put it into prose. Dommccas 17:25, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Great. Looks much better now. - Shrivenzale (talk) 18:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia Section

Since someone tagged the trivia section with a 'discouraged' marker, I've now eliminated it. Some of the contents I've integrated into the article with citation tags where appropriate (Overseal's claim to be centre of Britain in particular needs support, as would the similar claims made occasionally by just about every other Derbyshire settlement - although most of them settle for England). I've also removed some of the more trivial details (such as what shows and films were filmed in Derbyshire).

Also (and I've not made this alteration yet as I'm conscious that I'm biased as a result of my total lack of interest in football), do we really need 21 football teams listed? After all, just about every town in the UK has a local team, but only a relative few are really of national, much less global, significance. I don't wish to offend members and supporters of the smaller teams, but I think this does make the football section disproportionately large in comparision to the other sections of the article (and in comparison to other sports), and Derbyshire isn't just about football. Can we at least limit it to the more prominent teams such as Derby and Chesterfield? - Shrivenzale (talk) 14:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Well done for deleting it and even better for moving best bits into main section. re overseal - it was reported as the population centre only^[1]

I agree about the Derbyshire football teams, but at present we do not have anything better... Eventually this section could become List of football teams in Derbyshire maybe ... oh just read comment above. Nevermind the precedent! You can just do it! but nice to discuss with prime author first as its good stuff if you are an amateur derbyshire football fan Victuallers (talk) 16:30, 30 December 2007 (UTC)