Denby

Denby is a village in the English county of that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Astronomer Royal, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company.
Wikipedia
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 2,480 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England
  • Also known as: “Denby, Derbyshire”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include John Flamsteed Community School and St Clement’s Church, Horsley.

School
is an 11–16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Denby, , England. It is named after Sir John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, who was a native of Denby and made early and accurate predictions of a solar eclipse in 1666.

Church
Photo: Rob Howl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Clement's Church, Horsley is a Grade I listed parish church in the in . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Denby.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denby Bottles and Horsley Woodhouse.

Hamlet
Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement in , England. It is located on the B6179 road in Denby. Methodist Church is in Danesby Crescent. Each of the cottages have a segment of garden which is across the road and the brook.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of , in the of . The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,219.

Village
Photo: Rob Bradford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the county of , known as Kilbourne until around 100 years ago. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,618.

Denby

Latitude
53.01257° or 53° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
-1.41183° or 1° 24′ 43″ west
Population
2,480
Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DEB
Open location code
9C5W2H7Q+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29350128
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2651383
Wiki­data ID
Q2458566
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Denby” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Денбй”
  • Catalan: “Denby”
  • Cebuano: “Denby”
  • Chinese: “Denby”
  • Dutch: “Denby”
  • French: “Denby”
  • Irish: “Denby”
  • Italian: “Denby”
  • Ladin: “Denby”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Denby”
  • Polish: “Denby”
  • Swedish: “Denby”
  • Turkish: “Denby”
  • Welsh: “Denby”
  • Welsh: “Dinbych”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Denby Common and Rawson Green.

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Highlights include St. Mary the Virgin and John Flamsteed Memorial Park.

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