Derby: The Silk Mill and the Cathedral Tower
East Midlands, England
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Derby: The Silk Mill and the Cathedral Tower
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Lombe's silk mill of 1721 on the Derwent in Derby was probably the first fully mechanised factory in the world, and its site marks the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Little of the original mill survives, but the museum on its site reopened after a £17 million redevelopment on 21 May 2021 as the Museum of Making. A few steps away, the tower of Derby Cathedral was built in 1510–32 in the Perpendicular style, 212 feet high, with twelve grotesque animals round its top; James Gibbs rebuilt the rest of the church in 1725.
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Go through the Museum of Making, on the site of Lombe's silk mill of 1721, probably the first fully mechanised factory in the world
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of 4
Find out why the Silk Mill is the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
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of 4
Look up at Derby Cathedral's tower of 1510–32 and find the twelve grotesque animals on top
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Look inside the nave James Gibbs rebuilt in 1725
Go through the Museum of Making, on the site of Lombe's silk mill of 1721, probably the first fully mechanised factory in the world
Find out why the Silk Mill is the southern end of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
Look up at Derby Cathedral's tower of 1510–32 and find the twelve grotesque animals on top
Look inside the nave James Gibbs rebuilt in 1725
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