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2002 Derby Council Election
The 2002 Derby City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes since the last election in 2000 had increased the number of seats by 7. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. Election result Ward results Abbey Allestree Alvaston Arboretum Blagreaves Boulton Chaddesden Chellaston Darley Derwent Littleover Mackworth Mickleover Normanton Oakwood Sinfin Spondon References {{United Kingdom local elections, 2002 2002 English local elections 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gained city status in 1977, the population size has increased by 5.1%, from around 248,800 in 2011 to 261,400 in 2021. Derby was settled by Romans, who established the town of Derventio, later captured by the Anglo-Saxons, and later still by the Vikings, who made their town of one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry. Derby is a centre for advanced transport manufactur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chellaston Ward In Derby 2002
Chellaston is a suburban village on the southern outskirts of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. History An early mention of Chellaston is thought to be a reference to Ceolarde's hill. This is mentioned in a 1009 charter when nearby land was given to Morcar by Ethelred the Unready. Historically, Chellaston has been part of the Hundred of Repton and Gresley. Chellaston was a separate village and was worth three shillings when the king gave it to Henry de Ferrers in the 11th century.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.748-9 It is mentioned as "Celerdestune" in the Domesday Book. Throughout the centuries, Chellaston grew slowly. By 1676, the village had grown to a population of around 140, and there were still only 42 houses in Chellaston in 1789. There may have been up to two manor houses in Chellaston, but these residences were abandoned sometime around the 17th century. One of them is thought to have been located at the end of the prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spondon Ward In Derby 2002
Spondon is a ward of the city of Derby. Originally a small village, Spondon dates back to the Domesday Book and it became heavily industrialised in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with companies such as British Celanese. History The name Spondon is Old English language, Anglo-Saxon and describes a gravelly hill. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.748 In about 1333,Roger de Bankwell at Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain a great fire, starting at Malt Shovel, Spondon, The Malt Shovel, a local pub, and aided by an easterly wind, swept through the village destroying the church and all but a few houses, with just one casualty, the mayor. The damage was so great that a judge, Roger de Bankwell, was sent to hear pleas for relief from taxes. The Great Fire of Spondon is still commemorated and taught as part of the curriculum in local schools. A village fair was held on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinfin Ward In Derby 2002
Sinfin is a suburb of Derby, England, southwest of the city centre on its southern outskirts. The ward, which includes Osmaston as well as Sinfin itself, had a population of 15,128 in 2011. Historically, Sinfin and Osmaston were separate villages before being swallowed up by the expansion of Derby. Osmaston is characterised by inter-war housing developments while much of the housing in Sinfin is post-war. Between the two suburbs lies a more industrialised area dominated by the Rolls-Royce works. History Sinfin is recorded in the Domesday Book produced in 1086''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.748 as Sedenfeld as a manor that belonged to baron Henry de Ferrers. Mention is made of two carucates of land assessed to the geld; land for one plough and two villeins having another and of of meadow. The land was valued at ten shillings. Its undertenant was named William, later William de Rolleston, a vassal to Henry de Ferrers, who displace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Latham
Pauline Elizabeth Latham, (born 4 February 1948) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Derbyshire. Early life Latham was born on 4 February 1948 in Lincolnshire. She grew up in Nottinghamshire, and her early education was at Bramcote Hills Technical Grammar School. Latham moved to Derbyshire in 1970. Political life She was a Conservative member of Derbyshire County Council from 1987 to 1993, and was a Derby City Councillor from 1992 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2010. She held the position of Mayor of Derby during 2007/08. She was also a governor of Ecclesbourne School for 12 years. She was a candidate for Broxtowe at the 2001 general election, and stood as a European candidate in 1999 and 2004 for the East Midlands. Parliamentary career Latham's name was added to the A-List of high priority Conservative candidates created by David Cameron, and she was selected as the candidate fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakwood Ward In Derby 2002
Oakwood may refer to: Places ;in Australia *Oakwood, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region ;in Canada *Oakwood, Ontario *Oakwood-Vaughan, Toronto, Ontario, a neighbourhood **Oakwood Collegiate Institute, a public high school in the southern end of the Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood ;in the United Kingdom *Oakwood, Derbyshire, a housing estate in Derby, England *Oakwood, Leeds, area of the city *Oakwood, London, part of Enfield **Oakwood tube station *Oakwood, Warrington, a neighbourhood in Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire * Oakwood Park, Essex * Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire, Wales *Oakwood (HM Prison), a prison near Wolverhampton ;in the United States (by state) *Oakwood University, located in Huntsville, Alabama * Oakwood, a neighborhood in Venice, Los Angeles * Oakwood, Georgia *Oakwood, Illinois * Oakwood, LaPorte County, Indiana *Oakwood, Steuben County, Indiana *Oakwood Estate, a historic house in Winchester, Kentucky also known as ''Oakwood'', listed on the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Williamson (politician)
Christopher Williamson (born 16 September 1956) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North from 2010 to 2015 and again from 2017 to 2019. He was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government from October 2010 to October 2013. Williamson was previously a local councillor in Derby, representing the Normanton ward from 1991 until 2011 and serving twice as leader of Derby City Council. In February 2019, Williamson was notified of a formal investigation and later suspended from the Labour Party for his comments about the party's response to criticism over its handling of allegations of antisemitism within the party. After an investigation, Williamson was reinstated in June 2019 with a formal warning but was resuspended two days later when the party decided to review the disciplinary decision. In October 2019, Williamson won a High Court challenge to the legality of the review of the disciplinary decision but similar charges had been ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normanton Ward In Derby 2002
Normanton is the name of: England *Normanton, Derby *South Normanton, Derbyshire * Temple Normanton, Derbyshire * Normanton, Leicestershire *Normanton, Lincolnshire *Normanton, Rutland * Normanton, West Yorkshire **Normanton (UK Parliament constituency) (old) **Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency) (new) **Normanton (rugby league), a former semi-professional club * Normanton, Wiltshire *Normanton le Heath, Leicestershire *Normanton on Soar, Nottinghamshire *Normanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire *Normanton on Trent, Nottinghamshire Australia * Normanton, Queensland Other * Normanton incident The was a set of reactions and events surrounding the sinking of a British merchant vessel named ''Normanton'' off the coast of what is now Japan's Wakayama Prefecture on October 24, 1886. When the Normanton ran aground, the ship's officers app ... – a maritime incident off the coast of Japan in 1886 * Earl of Normanton See also * Normantown (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickleover Ward In Derby 2002
Mickleover is a large suburban village of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is west of Derby city centre, northeast of Burton-upon-Trent, west of Nottingham city centre, southeast of Ashbourne and northeast of Uttoxeter. History The earliest recorded mention of Mickleover (and its close neighbour, Littleover) comes in 1011, when an early charter has King Aethelred granting Morcar, a high-ranking Mercian Thegn, land along the Trent and in Eastern Derbyshire, including land in the Mickleover and Littleover areas, consolidating estates he had inherited in North-East Derbyshire from his kinsman through marriage, Wulfric Spot, who founded Burton Abbey on the Staffs-Derbys border. The village appears in Domesday Book when it was still owned by the abbey. At the time of the Domesday Survey, 1086, Mickleover was known as Magna (the Old English version of this is Micel) Oufra. Magna, in early Latin means Great; oufra coming from Anglo Saxon ofer, flat-topped ridge. The oldest p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackworth Ward In Derby 2002
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Mackworth may refer to: *Mackworth, Amber Valley, a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England **Mackworth Castle *Mackworth, Derby, a housing estate and ward in the city of Derby, Derbyshire, England *Humphrey Mackworth (1657-1727) *Humphrey Mackworth (born 1631) Humphrey Mackworth was an English politician and soldier of Shropshire landed gentry origins. He was military governor of Shrewsbury, in succession to his father and namesake, for almost five years under the Protectorate, from 1655 until late in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littleover Ward In Derby 2002
Littleover is a village and suburb in the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England, between Rose Hill, Normanton, Sunny Hill and Mickleover, about southwest of Derby city centre. History The history of Littleover's name is simple. It is derived from "Little Ufre" (Domesday book) and in Old English ''ofer'' meant a slope or little hill, whilst neighbouring Mickleover is known to be from "Mickle Ufre" meaning large hill. Littleover was also formerly known as Parver Over. 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2014 The village, like many settlements in England, is partially of and partially of |
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