It is known that the Romans that first settled in Derby around 80AD, building a fort on high ground near what is now Belper Road, overlooking the River Derwent. Known then as Derventio, it was one in a line of Roman forts protecting the Rykneld Street which connected the northern boundary of the Roman Empire [...]
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A brief history of Derby
December 8th, 2009 
Robbie 
Posted in travel destinations 
Tags: 1300s, Administrative Centre, Agricultural Community, Church Of All Saints, Cou, Dairy Farm, Danelaw, Doomsday Book, Fishing In The River, Five Boroughs, Livestock Farming, Northern Boundary, River Trent, Roman Empire, Roman Forts, Saxons, Street Names, Thirteenth Century, Town Of Derby, Wick 
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