Derwent Valley Mills

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Masson Mills, Derwent Valley
Location	Derbyshire, England
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iv
Reference	1030
Inscription	2001 (25th Session)
Area	1,228.7 ha
Buffer zone	4,362.7002 ha
Website	www.derwentvalleymills.org
Coordinates	53°1′44″N 1°29′17″W / 53.02889°N 1.48806°W / 53.02889; -1.48806
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Derwent Valley Mills is the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Derbyshire, England.^[1]

The site covers several factory communities which were built in the 18th and 19th centuries in a valley of the River Derwent, upstream from Derby.^[1]

Industrial development in the area started with the Silk Mill which was built in Derby in 1721 by John and Thomas Lombe.^[1]

In 1771, Richard Arkwright built a water-powered spinning mill at Cromford. In 1776-1777, a larger mill was built nearby. The "factory system "evolved from these two cotton mills. Arkwright's inventions were first put into industrial-scale production.^[1]

The workers' housing was near the mills. The mills and houses make up an architectural record of the development of the area.^[1]

• Cromford's mills include Masson Mill, Upper Mill (1771) and Lower Mill (1776). There buildings with various original functions: warehouses, workshops, a loom shop, mill managers' houses, etc. The Cromford Canal was built in the 1790s as part of a route to Manchester.^[1]
• Belper's mills were Belper North Mill (1804) and East Mill (1912). Its houses are built from gritstone or locally made brick and roofed with Welsh slate.^[1]
• Milford's factory buildings have been taken down, but much of the housing survives. Many of the houses are in rows because of the hilly nature of the area. The public buildings established by the Strutts include schools, churches, and public houses.^[1]
• Darley Abbey had five water-powered mills - a paper mill, a corn mill, two flint mills (for porcelain production) and a leather mill.^[1]

The changes in the valley, including the creation of workers' housing, were important in the Industrial Revolution.

• List of World Heritage Sites of the United Kingdom

Media related to Derwent Valley Mills at Wikimedia Commons

• Derwent Valley Miils website Archived 2010-10-04 at the Wayback Machine at DerwentValleyMills.org
• Derwent Valley Mills Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine at WorldHeritageSite.org

v t e World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
England	Bath as part of Great Spa Towns of Europe Blenheim Palace Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape Derwent Valley Mills Durham Castle and Cathedral Frontiers of the Roman Empire Hadrian's Wall Ironbridge Gorge Jodrell Bank Observatory Jurassic Coast Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Lake District Maritime Greenwich Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including St Margaret's Church Saltaire Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites Studley Royal Park and Fountains Abbey Tower of London
Scotland	Edinburgh Old Town and New Town Forth Bridge Frontiers of the Roman Empire Antonine Wall Heart of Neolithic Orkney New Lanark St Kilda
Wales	Blaenavon Industrial Landscape Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd Beaumaris Castle Caernarfon Castle and Town Walls Conwy Castle and Town Walls Harlech Castle Pontcysyllte Aqueduct The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
Northern Ireland	Giant's Causeway
British Overseas Territories	Gorham's Cave Complex Gough Island Inaccessible Island Henderson Island Town of St George and Related Fortifications
Former	Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City

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