Denby
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Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Astronomer Royal, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company. Denby is east from Belper and north of Derby. Denby is home to a secondary school which is named after John Flamsteed. The village was once served by Denby railway station on the Midland Railway Ripley Branch. The population at the 2001 Census was 1,827, increasing to 2,190 at the 2011 Census.
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- Locality
- Amber Valley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Denby
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Houses on Church Street, Denby - geograph.org.uk - 4724101.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church Street, Denby (2015)
- UK place.population
- 2,190
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- Amber Valley
- UK place.shire_county
- Derbyshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Amber Valley
- UK place.post_town
- RIPLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- DE5
- UK place.postcode_area
- DE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01332, 01773
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK386470
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2190
- Image
- Stellasphere Denby 298622 b72c2e3b.jpg
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- Denby
- OS grid reference
- SK386470
- P8168
- Ashington
- P12749
- Friedrich Ratzel
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11 sectionsContents
- Other settlements in Denby parish
- History
- The Stellarsphere
- Sport and leisure
- Cricket
- The Denby Dash
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- References
- External links
Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Astronomer Royal, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company. Denby is east from Belper and north of Derby. Denby is home to a secondary school which is named after John Flamsteed. The village was once served by Denby railway station on the Midland Railway Ripley Branch. The population at the 2001 Census was 1,827, increasing to 2,190 at the 2011 Census.
== Other settlements in Denby parish == thumb|left|Denby parish boundary and local areas Denby Common is a hamlet 1 mile to the north east of Denby village, on the outskirts of Loscoe. Codnor Breach, another hamlet, merges into Denby Common. Denby Bottles is half a mile to the west of Denby Village. Smithy Houses lies north west of Denby Village, along the B6179 road.
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