Editing Derby Cathedral

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}}[[File:derbycathedral7.jpg|thumb|The cathedral from Irongate]]
[[File:Derby Cathedral Interior.jpg|thumb|Interior of the nave]]
[[File:Priest's gravestone, Derby Cathedral.JPG|thumb|Alabaster memorial to John Lawe, inscribed in Latin: "Under this lies John Lawe, once a Canon of the Collegiate Church of All Saints, Derby, and Sub-Deacon of the same, who died in the year of Our Lord 1400. cuius animae propicietur deus amen"]]
[[File:Bess of Hardwick- Derby Cathedral.JPG|thumb|Tomb effigy of Bess of Hardwick (Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury)]]
[[File:Derby Cathedral SE window - geograph.org.uk - 641631.jpg|thumb|Derby Cathedral SE window. One of a pair of windows, designed by Ceri Richards (1965), symbolising "All Saints" and "All Souls"]]
[[File:Peregrine falcon and Derby Cathedral tower.jpg|thumb|Juvenile peregrine falcon and Derby Cathedral tower, south side]]
[[File:Female peregrine falcon on Derby Cathedral.jpg|thumb|Female peregrine falcon on nest platform installed on Derby Cathedral's mediaeval tower in 2006]]
[[File:Derby Cathedral, passageway to organ room.jpg|thumb|Passageway to organ room]]

The '''Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby''', better known as '''Derby Cathedral''', is a [[cathedral]] church in the city of [[Derby]], England. In 1927, it was promoted from parish church status to that of a cathedral, creating a seat for the [[Bishop of Derby]], which new [[Episcopal see]] was created in that year. The original church of All Saints was founded in the mid-10th century as a royal collegiate church, dedicated to All Saints. The main body of the church as it stands today is a Georgian rebuilding by [[James Gibbs]], completed in 1725. The tower dates from the 16th{{nbsp}}century, and a [[retroquire]] was added in the 20th{{nbsp}}century. 

==History==
===All Saints' Church===
The original church, dedicated to All Saints, was probably built in about 943 by the [[Anglo-Saxon]] King [[Edmund I of England|Edmund&nbsp;I]] as a royal collegiate church, of which building no trace survives. Following the [[Norman Conquest]] of 1066, and according to the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, it belonged to the king, and was served by a college of seven priests.<ref name=Bowler>{{cite news|last=Bowler|first=Tony|title=A towering presence|newspaper=Derby Express|date=23 June 1994}}</ref>

The Saxon building probably became structurally unstable, and was therefore demolished. A new building was constructed in the 14th{{nbsp}}century, which surviving drawings show was about the same size as the present building. In 1510–1532, the surviving {{convert|212|ft|m|adj=on}} tower was built in the [[English Gothic architecture#perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular Gothic]] style.<ref name=Bowler/><ref name="Pepin">{{Cite book| last = Pepin | first = David | year = 2004 | title = Discovering Cathedrals | series = Shire Discovering Series | volume = 112 | edition = 7 | publisher = [[Osprey Publishing]] | isbn = 0-7478-0597-0 | page = 60 }}</ref> On top of the tower are twelve large sculpted [[grotesque]] animal figures, three per face, and the sculpted stone head of a [[Green Man]] can be seen on each side of the main West Door at the base of the tower. The tower is built with Ashover Grit sandstone, sourced from nearby [[Duffieldbank|Duffield Bank]] quarry. 
[[File:Derby Cathedral, England, Carved Green Man 1.JPG|thumb|One of the two heads of [[Green Men]], one each side of the main west entrance of Derby Cathedral]]

in 1556, during the persecutions of [[Protestant]]s during the reign of Queen [[Mary I of England|Mary]] (1553–1558), [[Joan Waste]] was tried for heresy within the Church of All Saints, and was executed on the Burton Road in Derby.<ref name=wind>{{cite book |url=http://www.wmward.org/Misc2%20html/joanwaste.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214143429/http://www.wmward.org/Misc2%20html/joanwaste.html |archive-date=14 February 2012 |title=Foxe's Book of Martyrs |chapter=The MARTYRDOME of JOANE WASTE. A blinde Woman in the Towne of Darbie |url-status=usurped |date=1563}}</ref>

The fabric of the church appears to have deteriorated severely from about 1650, and was in a ruinous state in 1700. In February 1723 the vicar, Dr Michael Hutchinson, having decided that a new building was required, made the decision unilaterally to demolish the church, and employed a gang of workmen to accomplish the task overnight. Having accepted this ''[[fait accompli]]'' handed to them, the Mayor and Corporation of Derby commenced fundraising for the building of a new church by inviting subscriptions for the purpose, and made the first donation themselves. Dr Hutchinson expended much effort in fundraising, which exertion may have adversely affected his health. He made a significant personal financial contribution to the fund, and his efforts are recorded on a memorial tablet in the South Aisle. Having encountered numerous disputes, Hutchinson eventually resigned in 1728 and died about eighteen months later, leaving numerous outstanding debts.

With the original 1530s tower retained, the rest of the church was rebuilt to a Neo-Classical design made in 1725 by the architect [[James Gibbs]]. In his ''Book of Architecture'', Gibbs wrote as follows regarding All Saints' Church: "It is the more beautiful for having no galleries, which, as well as pews, clog up and spoil the insides of churches ... the plainness of this building makes it less expensive, and renders it more suitable to the old steeple".<ref name=gibbs>{{cite book|title=A Book Of Architecture Containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments |first=James|last=Gibbs|edition=Second|year=1739|page=viii|location=London}}</ref> To offset the rather austere interior, Gibbs introduced a wrought iron [[chancel screen]], extending across the entire width of the church, manufactured by the local iron-smith and gate-maker [[Robert Bakewell (ironsmith)|Robert Bakewell]], but not completed until five years after the new church was opened. The first sermon was preached in the new church on 25{{nbsp}}November 1725.<ref>Derby Cathedral Official Guide, 2014.</ref>

By [[Order in Council]] on 1{{nbsp}}July 1927, All Saints' Church became a cathedral.<ref>Order in Council founding The Bishopric of Derby (S.I. 1927/624)</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33290 |date=1 July 1927 |page=4207 }}</ref> The new building was later extended eastwards with the addition of a [[retroquire]] designed by [[Sebastian Comper]], constructed between 1967 and 1972.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pevsner|first1=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |title=The Buildings of England: Derbyshire|date=1986|publisher=Penguin|location=Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England|isbn=9780140710083|page=168|edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edzSoQBSbwQC&pg=PA168}}</ref>

The cathedral was registered as a charity on 9{{nbsp}}April 2024, with the Registered Charity Number 1207768.

==Monuments and furnishings==
The cathedral's treasures include the 18th-century [[wrought iron]] [[rood screen]] manufactured by [[Robert Bakewell (ironsmith)|Robert Bakewell]], for which he was paid £157.10.0d (150{{nbsp}}guineas);<ref>{{cite book |first=Margaret |last=Mallender |date=c. 1979 |title=Information sheet: the records of the cathedral of All Saints, Derby |publisher=Cathedral of All Saints}}</ref>{{efn|name=guinea|A guinea was a 'unit of account', with a value of 21{{nbsp}}shillings (one pound and one shilling), used for professional fees and the like.}} a monument with effigy of [[Bess of Hardwick]], of [[Hardwick Hall]]; and [[monumental brass]]es of her descendants the [[House of Cavendish|Cavendish family]] (later the [[Dukes of Devonshire]]), including brasses of [[Henry Cavendish]] and of [[Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire]]. The entrance gates, moved to the cathedral from St{{nbsp}}Mary's Gate in 1957, were also made by Robert Bakewell.<ref name=Bowler /> The gates were refurbished in 2012, and renamed the Queen Elizabeth{{nbsp}}II Gates to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.derbycathedral.org/news.asp?ID=136|title=Restored Gates will be renamed|access-date=7 June 2012|publisher=Derby Cathedral|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117074000/http://www.derbycathedral.org/news.asp?ID=136|archive-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> Notable 20th-century additions are stained-glass windows designed by [[Ceri Richards]], and a bronze crucifix by [[Ronald Pope]].<ref name=Bowler />

==Clock and carillon==
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In 1927 a new clock was installed by [[Smith of Derby Group|John Smith & Son]], Derby clockmakers, replacing one reputed to have been made by George Ashmore in 1738, but by then so worn as to be beyond its useful life. Until March 1976 this timekeeper and associated parts had been mechanically driven by heavy weights that had to be wound manually, some of them daily. This work had been undertaken by John Smith's for many years, but rising costs caused the authorities to install an automatic winding mechanism to both the clock and the [[carillon]], which sounds the bells.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book |first=J E |last=Howard Smith |location=Derby |date=July 1976 |title=Cathedral Information Sheet: "Derby Cathedral Clock"|publisher=Derby Cathedral}}</ref>

Derby Cathedral's clock has two dials, one facing West along St{{nbsp}}Mary's Gate, and one facing South down Irongate. Both are of stone and are 8{{nbsp}}feet in diameter. They were restored and gilded in 1964, then again in the early 21st{{nbsp}}century. The 1964 restoration proved beyond doubt that the long metal tubes driven through the tower walls to operate the clock mechanism were actually gun barrels (cavalry carbines) dating from the [[Jacobite rising of 1745|1745 'uprising' of Bonnie Prince Charlie]].<ref name="Smith" />

The carillon is the mechanical instrument that drives the tunes played upon the cathedral's bells each day. It was installed by John Smith of Derby in 1931 to replace a machine of similar design, dating from the 17th{{nbsp}}century and subsequently enhanced towards the end of the 17th{{nbsp}}century by [[George Sorocold]], a Derby millwright. The current machine plays a tune three times a day, and the seven tunes it plays are changed automatically each day. It is known that the tunes of the original machine were varied over the years, first by [[John Whitehurst]] at various times between 1745 and 1762, and then by John Smith in 1873.

There is documentary evidence to show that John Whitehurst was paid £3.3.0d (3{{nbsp}}guineas){{efn|name=guinea}} for winding and care of the clock and carillon, although he is known to have paid from this sum the amount of £1.11.6d (1½{{nbsp}}gns.){{efn|name=guinea}} to a Mr{{nbsp}}Frost, who did the actual daily winding of the carillon.<ref name="Smith" />

On 3{{nbsp}}July 1976, one of the less well-known carillon tunes was replaced with the melody of "[[The Derby Ram]]", a regimental march associated with the [[Sherwood Foresters]], so that it would become a permanent reminder of the Regiment's association with the town and county of Derby.<ref name="Smith" />

The tunes are currently played at 9{{nbsp}}am, 12{{nbsp}}noon and 6{{nbsp}}pm as follows:
*Sunday — [[Thaxted (tune)|Thaxted]]
*Monday — Truro
*Tuesday — The Shady Bowers
*Wednesday — All Saints
*Thursday — Lass of Paittie's Mill
*Friday — [[Highland Laddie|The Highland Laddie]]
*Saturday — The Derby Ram
They can be listened to live on a local webcam feed.
(The previous carillon played at 3, 6, 9, and 12 both night and day.)

==Tower and bells==
Derby Cathedral has the oldest [[ring of bells|ring]] of ten bells in the world. Most of them have been there since 1678, when the number of bells was increased from six to ten. The largest bell weighs 19{{nbsp}}cwt (965{{nbsp}}kg), its note is D-flat and it is over 500 years old — older than the tower itself.<ref name=Bowler/> It is believed that it came from [[Dale Abbey]] in [[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]] in [[Derbyshire]] at the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]. The youngest bell, no.{{nbsp}}3, is dated 1693, so all the bells are over 300 years old. Bell no.{{nbsp}}8 was in [[Ashbourne, Derbyshire|Ashbourne]] parish church until 1815. A [[carillon]] in the tower uses the same bells to provide a tune at 9{{nbsp}}am, 12{{nbsp}}noon and 6{{nbsp}}pm.<ref name=bellringers>{{cite web|title=Derby Cathedral|url=http://www.derbyda.org.uk/tower-map/derby-cathedral|publisher=Derby Diocesan Association of Church Bellringers|access-date=3 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630160918/http://www.derbyda.org.uk/tower-map/derby-cathedral|archive-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> The bells used to hang in a wooden frame; when the church became a cathedral in 1927, the bells were retuned and rehung at a lower level in a new metal frame.

On 28{{nbsp}}October 1732, a Frenchman called Gillinoe 'flew' down on a rope from the top of All Saints' steeple. He did this on a number of occasions, landing variously at St{{nbsp}}Michael's church and at the bottom of St{{nbsp}}Mary's Gate. On one occasion an ass was sent down the rope, but it broke under the weight and a number of onlookers were injured.<ref>{{cite book |first=Stephen |last=Glover |year=1829 |title=History of the County of Derby Part 2 |page=609}}</ref>

On 25{{nbsp}}July 1940, a wartime [[barrage balloon]] broke loose from its moorings during a heavy storm and, as it floated past, its chain caught round one of the pinnacles on the tower and demolished the top half of the pinnacle.<ref>{{Cite book |date=n.d. | title = The Story of the cathedral church of All Saints Derby | publisher = The British Publishing Co Ltd, Gloucester | page = 26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Ominous-storms-lashed-Derby-eve-war-Chamberlain-kept-telling-nation/story-11641887-detail/story.html|title=Ominous storms lashed Derby on the eve of war|newspaper=Derby Telegraph|access-date=23 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002232/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Ominous-storms-lashed-Derby-eve-war-Chamberlain-kept-telling-nation/story-11641887-detail/story.html|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>

In late 2005, it was discovered that a pair of [[peregrine falcon]]s had taken up residence on the cathedral tower. In 2006 a nesting platform was installed, and they nested there in April of that year. Webcams were installed in 2007, 2008 and 2013 to enable the birds to be seen at close range without being disturbed by human contact. The same pair successfully reared chicks every year up to and including 2016. However, on 27{{nbsp}}March 2017 it became clear that a new male had taken over the nesting platform and ousted his predecessor who, by that time, was at least 14{{nbsp}}years old. It is not known whether the first male died of old age, or was chased away or killed by the new one after a fight. The female accepted the new male and together they produced, somewhat later than in previous years, four eggs, three of which successfully hatched into one male and two female chicks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.co.uk/ |title=The Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project |publisher=Derbyshire Wildlife Trust |date=13 June 2016 |access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref>

In 2009, more than 150 members of the Derby Mountain Rescue Team abseiled down the tower for charity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.derbymrt.org.uk/news|title=Cathedral Abseil|publisher=Derby Mountain Rescue Team|access-date=11 February 2010}}</ref> Further sponsored abseils have taken place every year since, and in 2012 this included the Assistant Curate, Andy Trenier, and the Dean of Derby Cathedral, [[John Davies (priest, born 1957)|Dr John Davies]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Daredevil-duo-s-leap-faith-prepare-abseil/story-16725714-detail/story.html|title=Daredevil duo's leap of faith as they prepare to abseil cathedral|newspaper=Derby Telegraph|access-date=18 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219003623/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Daredevil-duo-s-leap-faith-prepare-abseil/story-16725714-detail/story.html|archive-date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.churchnewspaper.com/28047/archives/|title=Dean and Curate abseil down Derby Cathedral tower|newspaper=The Church of England Newspaper|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001182954/https://www.churchnewspaper.com/28047/archives|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Cathedral Centre==
The Derby Cathedral Centre is opposite the west doors on Irongate. It was opened by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]]. It once included a café, a bookshop and an exhibition space, featuring work by local artists,<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.derbycathedral.org/news.asp?ID=270/ |title=Welcome to our Visitor Centre |publisher=derbycathedral.org |access-date=11 June 2012 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but since March 2020 the shop and café have remained closed. The Cathedral Centre also houses the cathedral offices and meeting rooms.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.derbycathedral.org/cathedral_centre.asp/ |title=cathedral centre |publisher=derbycathedral.org |access-date=11 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626154919/http://www.derbycathedral.org/cathedral_centre.asp |archive-date=26 June 2012 }}</ref>

In 2017, the Cathedral Café won the annual Derby Food and Drinks Award for Best Customer Service.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-food-drink-awards-2017-604218|title=A closer look at the winners of Derby Food and Drink Awards 2017|date=10 October 2017|work=derbytelegraph|access-date=11 October 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

==Burials==
* [[Bess of Hardwick]]
* [[Henry Cavendish]]
* [[Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire]]
* [[John Lombe]]
* [[William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough]]
* [[William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire]]
* [[Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington]]

==Cathedral clergy==
===Dean and Residentiary Canons===
As of February 2025:<ref>[http://www.derbycathedral.org/about-us/who-s-who.html Derby Cathedral — Who's Who] (Accessed June 2023)</ref>
* [[Dean of Derby|Dean]] — [[Peter Robinson (priest)|Peter Robinson]] (since 20{{nbsp}}July 2020 installation)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://derby.anglican.org/en/peter-robinson-installed-as-dean-of-derby.html|title=Peter Robinson installed as Dean of Derby – Diocese of Derby|first=Dave|last=King|website=derby.anglican.org}}</ref>
* Canon for Worship and Music — vacancy
* Canon for Community Outreach and Social Justice — vacancy

===Other clergy===
* Cathedral Chaplain — Adam Dickens (since 3{{nbsp}}March 2014; Chaplain to the [[University of Derby]])
* Associate Priest — Michael Futers 
* Associate Priest — Dwayne Engh 

==Music==
===Organs and organists===
====Organ====
[[File:Organ of Derby Cathedral.jpg|thumb|The organ]]
In 1939, an organ was installed by [[John Compton (organ builder)|John Compton]] of London, although it did not gain its impressive case (designed by Sebastian Comper) until 1963. It is played from a four-manual console in the Consistory Court area of the cathedral, and was overhauled in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N02750
|title=Cathedral of All Saints, Irongate (Compton) |publisher=National Pipe Organ Register |access-date=30 March 2007}}</ref> In 1973, an additional instrument was installed in the new retroquire (east end) by Cousans of Lincoln.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N05294
|title=Cathedral of All Saints, Irongate (Cousans) |publisher=National Pipe Organ Register |access-date=20 February 2009}}</ref>

====Organists====
Between April 2013 and December 2014, Canon Peter Gould undertook a musical pilgrimage of 270 churches, in which he raised £7,478.78 over 39{{nbsp}}tour days, performing to a collective audience of over 3,500 people. During the tour, three church organs were found to be in a poor state.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=unknown |publisher=Derby Cathedral |journal=Outlook |date=December 2014 |page=27}}</ref>

On 4{{nbsp}}January 2015, Canon Peter Gould resigned as Director of Music and was succeeded by Hugh Morris,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://derbycathedral.org/about-us/who-s-who/343-hugh-morris.html|title=Hugh Morris|access-date=31 May 2018|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808043618/http://derbycathedral.org/about-us/who-s-who/343-hugh-morris.html|archive-date=8 August 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> who was previously director of music at [[Christchurch Priory]]. The current Director of Music, Alexander Binns, started on 1 May 2019. Binns was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Royal Academy of Music Announces its Associate Honours 2023-2024 |url=https://www.ram.ac.uk/news/the-royal-academy-of-music-announces-its-associate-honours-2023-2024 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Royal Academy of Music |language=en-GB}}</ref> Edward Turner has been a member of staff at Derby Cathedral since 1{{nbsp}}September 2017, and is currently Assistant Director of Music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://derbycathedral.org/about-us/who-s-who/344-ed-turner.html|title=Ed Turner|access-date=31 May 2018|language=en-gb}}</ref>
{{See also|List of musicians at English cathedrals}}

== Events ==
[[Luke Jerram|Luke Jerram's]] [[Museum of the Moon]] visited Derby Cathedral between October and November, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum of the Moon |url=https://derbycathedral.org/events/events/museum-of-the-moon/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=Derby Cathedral}}</ref>

In 2022 and 2023 the Cathedral hosted and promoted [[mindfulness]] events, some related to the Museum of the Moon, led by [[BBC Radio Derby]] presenter Pam Sidhu. In 2025, she was reported as being a recruiter for a messianic [[cult]], [[Educo Cult|Educo]], that used mindfulness to lure vulnerable people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 January 2025 |title=BBC radio star 'tried to recruit colleagues into brainwashing and messianic cult' |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/bbc-radio-star-tried-recruit-30810841?int_source=mantis_rec_top&int_medium=web&int_campaign=more_like_this_top |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[[BirminghamLive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=BBC radio star 'tried to recruit colleagues into brainwashing cult' |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/bbc-radio-star-tried-recruit-30811125?int_source=nba |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=Leeds Live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=Mindfulness under the Moon |url=https://derbycathedral.org/events/events/mindfulness-under-the-moon-copy/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |website=Derby Cathedral}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2022 |title=Mindfulness Under Gaia |url=https://derbycathedral.org/events/events/mindfulness-under-gaia/ |website=Derby Cathedral}}</ref>

== Education ==
In 2017, Derby Cathedral announced plans to partner with the [[Department for Education]] and local authorities to open Derby's first [[Church of England]] secondary school under the name [[Derby Cathedral School]]. The school opened in 2018 and has maintained close ties to Derby Cathedral since.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Madeleine |date=June 16, 2017 |title=Derby Cathedral to open city’s first C of E secondary school next year |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/16-june/news/uk/derby-school-set-to-open |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=[[Church Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rippon |first=Anton |date=February 28, 2018 |title=Derby Cathedral School given final go-ahead by government - and now you can apply |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-cathedral-school-given-final-1278026 |url-status=live |work=[[Derby Telegraph]]}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Grade I listed churches in Derbyshire]]
*[[Grade I listed buildings in Derbyshire]]
*[[Listed buildings in Derby (Arboretum Ward)]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.derbycathedral.org/ Official site]
*[https://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=Derby+Cathedral&m=text Flickr images tagged Derby Cathedral]
*[http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.co.uk/ Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project]
*[http://www.derby.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/parks-and-open-spaces/wildlife/peregrines/peregrine-camera-1/ Live webcam feed with audio from Derby Cathedral tower] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606114334/http://www.derby.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/parks-and-open-spaces/wildlife/peregrines/peregrine-camera-1/ |date=6 June 2017 }}

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