Duffield Bank Railway

The River Ecclesbourne is a small river in Derbyshire, England, which starts in the upper part of the town of Wirksworth, flows for 9 miles to Duffield, and then enters the River Derwent just outside the village.

Saint Alkmund's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Duffield, Derbyshire.

Duffield War Memorial is a 20th-century grade II listed war memorial in Duffield, Derbyshire.

Duffield railway station serves the village of Duffield in Derbyshire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line from Derby to Leeds, 133 miles 8 chains (214.2 km) north of London St Pancras. It is also a junction with the former branch line to Wirksworth, which is now operated as the Ecclesbourne Valley heritage railway. The unmanned station is served by East Midlands Railway, who operate local services from Derby to Matlock via the Derwent Valley Line.

Duffield Hall is a 17th-century country house situated in the Amber Valley, Derbyshire and the former headquarters of the Derbyshire Building Society. It is a Grade II* listed building.The manor of Duffield was granted by King Charles I to the Newton family who built a new mansion house there in the 1620s. The Newtons sold the house to Henry Coape, High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1703. His granddaughter and heiress brought the estate to her husband Henry Porter. In the early 19th century he left the property to his kinsman Thomas Porter Bonell whose daughter married Sir Charles H Colville. After Colville's death, the house was sold to John Bell Crompton of Milford (High Sheriff in 1847) a Banker of Irongate, Derby. He died in 1860 and the estate was acquired by Rowland Smith. Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire 1868-74 and High Sheriff 1877. Smith extensively restored and improved the house creating the present mansion of three storeys and five gabled bays. From 1908 until 1970 the house and estate were occupied by St Ronan's School. By 1928 it was a girls school only and in the 1960s there were 120 boarders and day-students enrolled. The school closed in 1970 and in 1977 the property was acquired by the Derbyshire Building Society for whom it was restored and extended by architects George Grey and Partners. The adjoining estate was sold for the St Ronans Road residential development. In 2013 planning permission was granted for a change of use to a single dwelling house, (B1 Office to C3 Residential) demolition of later additions and a new build of Bungalows and Courtyard Houses.

Duffield () is a village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Derby. It is centred on the western bank of the River Derwent at the mouth of the River Ecclesbourne. It is within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Area and the southern foothills of the Pennines.

The Holly Bush Inn is a Grade II listed public house at 2 Holly Bush Lane, Makeney, Derbyshire, DE56 0RX. It is a family run pub.It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.It was built in the 17th or early 18th century.

The Ecclesbourne School is a secondary school with academy status situated in Duffield, Derbyshire, England.

Burley Hill is a hamlet in the Erewash district, in the county if Derbyshire, England. It is located one mile north of Allestree. Burley Hill was the location of a pottery in the 13th and 14th centuries and some of those pots are preserved in Derby Museum.

Duffield Castle was a Norman Castle in Duffield, Derbyshire. The site is a scheduled monument. It was on a rocky promontory facing the river, easily defended, though it is debatable whether it was inhabited in prehistoric times. It is also controversial whether the Romans maintained a military presence to protect the ford, nearby, across which the convoys of lead from Lutudarum (possibly Wirksworth) joined Rykneld Street at Derventio (now part of Derby), en route for the North Sea ports. However, remains that appear to be of Anglo-Saxon origin have been found, suggesting occupation by persons of some position, possibly a Saxon Thane of the name of Siward, or his relatives. Considerable amounts of Roman or Romano-British pottery have also been found, including roof tiles of Roman pattern. Some of the artefacts that were discovered were lodged with the Derby Museum, while others were kept in the Parish Room; many have disappeared.

St Paul's Church, Little Eaton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.

Milford Hydro is the name given to a hydro-electric power plant built on the River Derwent in Milford, Derbyshire. The original electrical power plant was installed between 1907 and 1908 by John McDonald and Company of the Bridge Turbine Works, Pollockshaws to power the English Sewing Cotton Company works at Milford Mills. The previous water wheels were replaced by two turbines described as centre discharge horizontal Achilles of the American pattern which each generated 340 h.p. They operated off a 14 feet (4.3 m) fall of water and were of double wheel type with a diameter of 42 inches (1.1 m). Each turbine discharged 16,000 cubic feet (450 m3) of water per minute. The first turbine provided power for the operation of mill machinery, and the second turbine was used for lighting. The total cost of the works was £5,500 (equivalent to £610,900 in 2021).The power plant was refurbished by Derwent Hydro in 2020 with a new turbine of the same capacity as the old one.