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Derby Market Hall

Grade II listed buildings in Derby
Derby market hall
Derby market hall

Derby Market Hall is an indoor market located in the English city of Derby, United Kingdom. The market was built between 1864 and 1866 at a cost of £29,000. The initial design was by Thomas C Thorburn the then Borough engineer. The details were contracted out to James Stevens with further modifications made in response to safety issues by Thorburn's successor George Thompson. The building's roof is an iron and glass barrel vault reaching a height of 64 feet. Starting in 1937 the building underwent a refurbishment costing £12,200. It finished in September 1938 with the market gaining a heating system for the first time. Another refurbishment started in 1988, this time costing £3.5 million and finishing in spring 1989. The market was awarded grade II listed status in 1977. In the 2020s, it underwent a three-year refit at a cost of £35 million, reopening in May 2025. This was an increase from the initially budgeted £11.18 million. During the work a steeplejack was killed when he fell from the roof.

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Derby Market Hall
Market Hall Loading Bay, Derby Little Chester

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DE1 3AR Derby, Little Chester
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The Derbyshire Blues

The Derbyshire Blues were a militia regiment raised in Derby by the Duke of Devonshire in response to the invasion by Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonnie Prince Charlie') in 1745. As Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire, the Duke had responsibility for raising a militia in defence of the realm, and as a member of the Whig aristocracy he was opposed to any attempt to usurp King George II. The Militia Act 1745 made provision for calling out the militia in England during the Jacobite rising, and on 13 September 1745 the Government sent letters directing the lord-lieutenants of counties in England and Wales to call out the militia. A meeting had taken place on 28 September at the George Inn, a coaching inn in Iron Gate, "to consider of such measures as are fit to be taken for the support of the Royal Person and government of H. M. King George, and our happy constitution in Church and State, at a time when rebellion is carrying on in favour of a Popish Pretender." The name of the militia is derived from the colour of their blue uniform, intended to distinguish the militia from regular soldiers in red uniform.The Duke arrived in Derby from Chatsworth with his son, the Marquess of Hartington, towards the end of November 1745 (the Jacobites had entered Preston on the 26th), and used the George Inn as his headquarters. He reviewed 600 men in two regiments of 300 men each, raised by subscription by the gentlemen of Derby and Derbyshire, and 120 men raised and paid for by the Duke himself. The regiments were led by Sir Nathaniel Curzon and the Marquess of Hartington. However, these troops withdrew towards Nottingham on 3 December on the news that Charles Edward Stuart had entered Ashbourne, approximately 13 miles away, with 9000 men.When the prince arrived in Derby on 4 December, he called at the inn and demanded billets for his troops. The event is re-enacted every year on the anniversary of the Prince's arrival.