is a county in the East Midlands of England , and boasts some of England's most attractive scenery. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines , a famous chain of hills and Mountain s. The county contains part of the National Forest , and borders on Greater Manchester , West Yorkshire , South Yorkshire , Nottinghamshire , Leicestershire , Warwickshire , Staffordshire and Cheshire .
It has a two-tier local government, with a , some parts, such as High Peak , are closer to the northern cities of Manchester and Sheffield and the people there overwhelmingly think of themselves as northerners.
Before 1998 the administrative county included the city of Derby . Derby is now a Unitary Authority , but remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes.
As part of a 2002 Marketing Campaign , the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Jacob's-ladder as the County Flower .
Derbyshire was traditionally divided into six Hundred s, namely Appletree , High Peak , Morleyston And Litchurch , Repton And Gresley , Scarsdale , Wirksworth . These were based on the seven earlier Wapentake s recorded in the Domesday Book , with the merging of Repton and Gresley wapentakes.
Derbyshire had a Detached Part in north-western Leicestershire , surrounding Measham and Donisthorpe . This escaped regularisation in 1844 , and was incorporated into Leicestershire in 1888 when the County Council s were set up. The thin strip of Leicestershire between the exclave and Derbyshire, containing Overseal and Netherseal , is now considered part of Derbyshire.
Apart from this, some parishes in historic Derbyshire, including Dore , Norton and Totley , are now in the City Of Sheffield in South Yorkshire .
This is a list of the towns in Derbyshire; for a complete list of settlements see List Of Places In Derbyshire .
- Alfreton , Alton , Ashbourne , Ashford-in-the-Water , Ashover .
- Bakewell , Bamford , Baslow , Beeley , Belper , Birch Vale , Bolehill , Bolsover , Borrowash , Brassington , Bretby , Brimington , Burbage , Buxton
- Calver , Castleton , Chapel-en-le-Frith , Charlesworth , Chelmorton , Chesterfield , Chinley , Clay Cross , Clowne , Cressbrook , Creswell , Cromford , Crowden , Curbar
- Derby , Dronfield , Duffield
- Earl Sterndale , Eckington , Edale , Edensor , Eyam
- Fernilee
- Gamesley , Glossop , Great Hucklow
- Hadfield , Hartington , Hathersage , Hatton , Hayfield , Heage , Heanor , Hope
- Ilkeston
- Little Hucklow , Long Eaton , Littleover
- Marston Montgomery , Marston On Dove , Matlock , Melbourne , Miller's Dale , Morley
- New Mills , Newhaven
- Over Haddon , Osmaston
- Parwich , Peak Forest
- Riber , Ripley
- Sandiacre , Shipley , Shirebrook , Stainsby , Staveley , Stoney Middleton , Stretton , Sudbury , Swadlincote
- Tansley , Taxal , Thornhill , Tibshelf , Tideswell , Tunstead Milton
- Walton , Wardlow , Whaley Bridge , Whitwell , Wingerworth , Wirksworth , Woolley Moor
- Youlgreave
|
