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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Pickfords House Museum
		Pickford's House Museum, No 41 Friar Gate Derby, is an elegant Georgian town house, built by the prominent architect Joseph Pickford in 1770.
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		Pickfords House Museum was built by architect Joseph Pickford in 1770.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pickfords-House-Museum (212 words)

	Wikipedia: Derby
		Erasmus Darwin, doctor, scientist, philospher and grandfather of Charles Darwin was also to be found in Derby and Derbyshire at much the same time, though his practice was based in Lichfield, Staffordshire.
		Bonnie Prince Charlie also passed through Derby in December 1745 -- staying at Exeter House, Exeter Street(now demolished)-- on his way south to seize the English crown.
		Derby Gaol is a visitor attraction based in the dungeons of the Derbyshire County Gaol which dates back to 1756.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/d/de/derby.html (488 words)

	Derby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1717 Derby was the site the first Derby Industrial Museum water powered silk mill in Britain by John Lombe and George Sorocold after had reputedly stolen the secrets of silk-throwing Piedmont in what is now Italy (he is alleged to have been by Piedmontese in revenge in 1722).
		Derby Industrial Museum is situated in Derby Silk Mill and shows the industrial heritage and achievement of Derby including Rolls Royce aero engine railways mining quarrying foundries
		Derby Museum and Gallery shows paintings by Joseph Wright as well as fine Royal Crown porcelain local regiments and archaeology.
	www.freeglossary.com /Derby%2C_England (1118 words)

	Derby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1717 Derby was the site of the first Derby Industrial Museum water powered silk mill in Britain,built by John Lombe and George Sorocold after Lombe had reputedly stolen the secrets of silk-throwing from Piedmont in what is now Italy (he is alleged tohave been poisoned by Piedmontese in revenge in 1722).
		Derby Industrial Museum is situated in Derby Silk Mill and shows the industrial heritage andtechnological achievement of Derby, including Rolls Royce aero engine,railways, mining, quarrying, foundries etc.
		Derby Museum and Art Gallery shows paintings by Joseph Wright, as well as fine Royal Crown Derby porcelain,local regiments and archaeology.
	www.therfcc.org /derby-115836.html (850 words)

	Pickford's House, 41 Friar Gate, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, United Kingdom. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pickford's House, a Grade One listed building, was built in 1770 by the architect Joseph Pickford as his family home and work premises.
		Other houses in Friar Gate, Derby's finest Georgian Street, were also designed by Pickford, but Number 41 is the only one which the public can enter and learn what domestic life was like in early nineteenth century Derby.
		Pickford's House Museum shows the accommodation and furnishings of a late Georgian professional man. The visitor can see the ground floor rooms furnished as they might have been in Pickford's time together with displays of eighteenth and nineteenth century costume.
	www.derbycity.com /derby2/pickford.html (336 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
		Derby Museum and Art Gallery's civic-minded Victorian founders made one of the best investments in the history of British museums when they set out to collect the paintings of local artist Joseph Wright.
		Derby Museum and Art Gallery looks after its Wrights lovingly, gives them its grandest room, conserves the paintings very well indeed, continues to collect pictures that come on the market.
		Derby was a dynamic town, Britain's leading producer of porcelain ("the new Dresden" was its boast, and the intricate porcelain figures in Derby Museum confirm it) and part of a rich literary and scientific network in which Wright was a star.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Derby-Museum-and-Art-Gallery (246 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> id:Derby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Derby Industrial Museum is situated in Derby Silk Mill and shows the industrial heritage and technological achievement of Derby, including Rolls Royce aero engine, railways, mining, quarrying, foundries etc. Pickford's House Museum was built by architect Joseph Pickford in 1770.
		Pickford also designed St Helen's House in King Street.
		Thus the editor (Elizabeth Williamson) of the 2nd edition of Pevsner for Derbyshire wrote:- '...the character and cohesion of the centre has been completely altered by the replacement of a large number of C18 houses in the centre by a multi-lane road.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/id:Derby (2752 words)

	Museums and Art Galleries in Derby UK
		Derby Museum and Art Gallery houses a wide range of important and attractive collections, covering porcelain, paintings, archaeology, history, local regiments, geology and wildlife.
		The Museum’s collection of fine Derby porcelain, produced in the city since c.1750, is of international importance.
		With a museum, factory tours, a super factory shop and a restaurant serving a wide range of delicious food, a visit to Royal Crown Derby is a great day out.
	www.derbyshireuk.net /derby/derby_museums.html (616 words)

	guide to Nottingham
		Most of the houses used to be council housing, and the price and ambience still reflect this fact, but you literally could have the university in your back garden.
		House and flat leasing agencies usually charge approximately 1 month's rent in fees and the landlord will also want at least another month's rent security deposit and possibly a month's rent in advance.
		One member of staff had their house burgled three weeks after taking out a policy (they had moved it because the AA insurers took 6 months to pay up for a stolen bicycle), and Frizzells settled, new for old, within a fortnight.
	ritter.ist.psu.edu /misc/nottingham/guide9/Guide.9.fer.html (12228 words)

	A Brief History of Derby
		A public library and museum was built in 1879.
		In the late 19th century many new houses were built in Normanton and Peartree.
		In the 1980s a large estate of private houses was built between Chaddesden and Breadsall.
	www.localhistories.org /derby.html (1207 words)

	Derbyshire UK - Museums in Derbyshire
		Opened in 1994, Chesterfield Museum is a testament to the town's long and important social and industrial history, from its beginnings as a Roman fort until the present day.
		The museum have now opened 'The Victorian Teashop' and a small museum gift shop in the completely renovated first floor of the building to give visitors an even better experience alongside the magical environment of the now well established 'Life in a Lens' museum.
		The museum itself is open most days and we are currently serving teas, coffees cakes sandwiches and ice cream etc. in the teashop.
	www.derbyshireuk.net /derbyshire_museums.html (1849 words)

	guide to Nottingham
		Most of the houses here are not detached, but are quite expensive none-the-less, with most of the accomidation flat conversions in large Victorian houses.
		House and flat leasing agencies usually charge approximately 1 month's rent in fees and the landlord will also want at least another months rent security deposit and possible a month's rent in advance.
		One member of staff had their house burgled three weeks after taking out a policy (they had moved it because the AA insurers took 6 months to pay up for a stolen bicycle), andFrizzells settled, new for old, within a fortnight.
	ritter.ist.psu.edu /misc/nottingham/papers/guide8/Guide.8.fer.html (11013 words)

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		Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford are among the abstainers.
		The brown house was a set built in a few hours for Rupert Hughes' play, "The Old Nest." The village of which it was part had been peopled for a day.
		His property room is a museum of every relic known to the slapstick art, including a wall motto, "Love Thy Neighbor." His private room is a comfortable study.
	www.public.asu.edu /~ialong/Taylor13.txt (12798 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 13 Jun 2005 (pt 4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This is an historic opportunity, not just for those who lived through the war and who are now able to go back and visit places where friends fell, but to ensure that a new generation benefits from those individuals and their experiences.
		Alongside the veterans centre, 12 museums will be able, because of funding from the big lottery, to take part in a living museum exhibition so that those veterans' experiences are shared.
		Members representing all parties in the House will know that the marked register is a vital tool for increasing participation in our democracy.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm050613/debtext/50613-04.htm (1894 words)

	Local attractions in the Peak District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The house is richly furnished and decorated with painted walls and ceilings, woodcarvings, elaborate inlay furniture, tapestry and leather.
		This beautiful 17th century manor house, situated in the heart of the picturesque "plague village" of Eyam, offers a glimpse of three centuries of family history in portraits, furniture, costumes and accumulated family memorabilia.
		The Sitwell museum and art gallery (display of Fiori de Henriques sculptures) are located in the Georgian stables along with craft workshops and a cafe.
	www.peakcountrybreaks.co.uk /attractionsuggestions.html (4294 words)

	Pickford's House Museum on AboutBritain.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Other houses in Friar Gate, Derby's finest Georgian Street, were also designed by Pickford, but Number 41 is the only one which the public can enter and learn what domestic life was like in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Derby.
		Pickford's house is just beyond the Friar Gate railway bridge on the right hand side from the city centre.
		In 1927, the existing parish church in Derby was hallowed to become a Cathedral for the creation of the new diocese of Derby.
	www.aboutbritain.com /PickfordsHouseMuseum.htm (680 words)

	derby museums, Arts, England Guide UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		And as its name suggests, the Industrial Museum, which is housed at The Silk Mill...
		Of the city?s several museums, easily the best is the Derby Museum and Art Gallery on the Strand, a five-minute walk from the central marketplace.
		Net Guide rating: Derby City Council Museums Comment: Derby Museum and Art Gallery houses a wide range of important and attractive collections, covering porcelain, paintings, archaeology, history, local regiments, geology and wildlife.
	www.englandguide.co.uk /Museums/derby_museums.asp (509 words)

	Removals To Italy - Moving to Italy - house removals, storage UK
		One of the main attractions in Florence is the Ponte Vecchio, a three-arched bridge built in 1345.
		The population of Milan is 1.3 million; this historic city is located in the province of Lombardy.
		Naples is full of churches, museums, palaces, cathedrals and many other architecturally splendid buildings.
	www.removalgroup.com /removals-to-italy.htm (623 words)

	Derby Yes! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Within a 10 minute drive of the city centre you are into beautiful open countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.
		The cultural scene in Derby is changing and growing, with major recognized live venues including the Derby Playhouse, which has established a regional and national reputation for the quality of its productions.
		Pickfords’ House Museum sweeps visitors back to Georgian times with this elegant era beautifully portrayed throughout fully furnished rooms, all complemented with graceful costume displays.
	www.derbymarketing.co.uk /03quality_leisure.asp (784 words)

	Information wanted about Bristol - Page 3
		In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Guard House was used as a lock-up for those guilty of breaching the peace or theft.
		When the City Council closed Guard House Passage in 1880, they allowed the Guard House to be rebuilt by Jones and Co. as 56 and 57 Wine Street and used as a shop.
		Built in 1402 as a house this magnificent building was at various times, a sugar refinery, mint, school, workhouse, lunatic asylum and offices.
	brisray.com /bristol/bhelp3.htm (7905 words)

	PUBLIC OPINION 5
		There is more than enough empty office space in Derby already, Roman House and the office complex in St Peter's Churchyard to name but two examples.
		I have spent many happy hours in the museum and it is certainly worth visiting, but I only have to travel from Alvaston.
		Apart from the Industrial Museum, we have Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Pickfords House, ghost walks, Pride Park, Derby Crown china and, most of all, Derby's well-known and very extensive pub and club crawl.
	www.derbygripe.co.uk /opinion5.htm (1765 words)

	Nigs - Doctor Who and the Daleks - Pickfords Dr Who Day
		Derek's latest visit to the Museum found him in the third floor gallery surrounded by shoes!
		In the end we had the great total of 809 visitors through the door - twice as many as we'd hoped for.
		Other events at the museum included making a Cyberman Mask or Dalek or K9.
	www.btinternet.com /~nigs.web/dalek/picfords2.htm (177 words)

	Attractions near Pickfords House Museum on AboutBritain.com
		A Museum of Industry specialising in Aero Engines, Railways, Textiles and other aspects of Derby's Heritage.
		The Bass Museum brings together a unique collection of artefacts and memorabilia tracing the fascinating history of both the brewing industry and the family of William Bass, one of the world's most famous brewing dynasties.
		The museum is located in unique restored 19th Century workshops, cottages and frameshops containing the collection of handframes which can be seen working daily.
	www.aboutbritain.com /AttractionsNearPickfordsHouseMuseum.asp (367 words)

	Summer 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We are fortunate to have received a large number of donations lately, including some from members who are now paying their membership subscription by standing order and who include a bit extra as a donation.
		We thought the cook house staff were a bit fussy where we placed the dixies, but after the exposure of the collapsed tunnel we knew the reason, we were not told before!”
		I was given an old Pickfords furniture removal van as a medical truck and the axle exploded with a loud bang, sending bits of axle right up in the air.
	prisonerofwar.freeservers.com /summer_2002.htm (6187 words)

	industrial_history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry, Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, nd, pp40 with pp4 of plates.
		A History of Lloyd’s: From the founding of Lloyd’s coffee house to the present day, MacMillan, 1928, p475.
		Lloyd George, Hodder and Stoughton, 1924, pp285 with 20pp plates illustrating the appalling housing conditions endured by miners families in the 20s.
	www.hometown.aol.com /gbsteven/industrial_history.htm (5394 words)

	Hill House Hotel - Derby
		There’s sightseeing from bygone days at Pickfords House, Heritage Centre, Industrial Museum and Blue Badge Guided walk.
		For an insight into Derby’s art there’s Royal Crown Derby, Derby Cathedral and Derby City’s Museum and Art gallery, where there’s a collection of work from Joseph Wright.
		In addition to these there’s also the Assembly rooms where the CAMBRA beer Festival is held and the Guildhall Theatre where small scale touring productions are held.
	www.hillhousehotel.co.uk /news.htm (163 words)

	Pickford's House Museum
		You can see the ground floor dining room, drawing room and morning room as they might have been in Joseph Pickford's time. A Georgian bedroom and dressing room have been recreated on the first floor, while on the top floor there is a servant's bedroom complete with straw mattress.
		Pickford's House is an historic building and adaptations have been made to give wheelchair users access to the ground floor and basement. Unfortunately there is no toilet on these floors and no wheelchair access to the first and second floors. Visitors may view a video guide to the museum.
		If you wish to visit the museum as an organised group, just let us know beforehand when you are coming and what you want to see. This helps us to ensure that your visit does not clash with other groups.
	www.derby.gov.uk /LeisureCulture/MuseumsGalleries/PickfordsHouseMuseum.htm (350 words)

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