What is Derby?
{{for|other uses|Derby (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Derby | country = England | region = East Midlands | static_image_name = Derby council buildings in Derby England.jpg | static_image_caption = Derby Council buildings | static_image_alt = Derby Council buildings | static_image_2_name = File:Derby_UK_locator_map.svg | static_image_2_width = 250px | static_image_2_caption = Derby shown within [[Derbyshire]] | population = 248,700 | population_ref = {{small|(2011 census)}} | population_demonym = Derbeian | os_grid_reference = SK3533936187 | map_alt = | coordinates = | label_position = | post_town = DERBY | postcode_area = DE | postcode_district = DE1, DE3, DE21-24, DE73 | dial_code = 01332 | constituency_westminster = [[Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby North]]<br>[[Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby South]]<br>[[Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Derbyshire]] | london_distance = | unitary_england = Derby | lieutenancy_england = [[Derbyshire]] }} '''Derby''' is a [[city]] in the [[East Midlands]] region of [[England]]. It is on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of [[Derbyshire]]. In the 2001 census, 233,700 people lived there. At that time, Derby was the 18th largest place in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?site=140&topicId=5001304536|title=Business Link East Midlands|accessdate=2009-11-29|archive-date=2011-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205101613/http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?site=140&topicId=5001304536|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==History== ===Origins=== The city has [[Roman Britain|Roman]], [[Saxon]] and [[Viking]] origins. The Roman camp of 'Derventio' was probably near to Derby. The site of the old Roman fort is at Chester Green. Later the town was one of the 'Five Boroughs' of the Danelaw. The town name is seen as 'Darby' or 'Darbye' on early modern maps, such as that of Speed (1610). Modern research into the history and archaeology of Derby has show