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1. By the end of the 19th century how many churches were there in Derby?
2. The Society of Friends have been meeting in Derby since 1808. They are more commonly known as Quakers. How did they come to have this name?
3. In 1886 the County Prison became Her Majesty's Prison but there had been a prison in Derby since King Henry VIII's time. Where was the original prison situated?
4. The Derby Infirmary was opened in 1810 but towards the end of the century it was deemed too small and it was rebuilt. Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone and the hospital became the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. But in what year?
5. The Derby Temperance Society was founded in the 1850s. What was the role of the Temperance Society?
6. The expansion of Derby in the 1840s and 1850s was as a result of which industry?
7. A book The Compleat Angler (original spelling) was written in Derbyshire by a person who has a village named after him.
8. Which of the following religions did NOT have a base in Derby in Victorian times?
9. In what year did electric trams first appear on the streets of Derby?
10. In 1717 John Lombe started a business in Derby having stolen the idea for the machinery from Piedmont, Italy. What was the material he produced?
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