Industrial archaeology
Archaeological sub-discipline
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| July 2023 |
Jewellery Quarter
Referendums held where local residents and businesses accepted the Neighbourhood Plan recommendations.
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| May 2022 |
Jewellery Quarter
Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Plan was published, setting out a new vision for the area.
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| November 2021 |
Derwent Valley Mills
Derby Industrial Museum was re-branded as the Museum of Making, featuring exhibits about the Derwent Valley Mills' manufacturing history.
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| 2019 |
Jewellery Quarter
Neighbourhood Development Plan project transferred to the Jewellery Quarter Development Trust (JQDT).
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| 2019 |
Derwent Valley Mills
The Arkwright Society employed 100 persons at the Cromford Mills site, with restoration expenditure reaching £48 million.
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| 2018 |
Derwent Valley Mills
The 'Cromford Mills Creative Cluster and World Heritage Site Gateway Project' was a finalist in the Historic England Angel Awards for Best Major Regeneration of a Historic Building or Place.
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| 2014 |
Jewellery Quarter
Work began on a new Neighbourhood Development Plan for the Jewellery Quarter.
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| October 2013 |
Derwent Valley Mills
A programme began to reinvent the Lombe's Silk Mill, incorporating STEAM principles, with the museum subsequently opening 4 days a week.
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| April 3 2011 |
Derwent Valley Mills
Derby Industrial Museum closed and was subsequently mothballed for over two years.
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