Derwent derives from the
Brythonic term ''Derventio'', meaning "valley thick with
oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...
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Places
Australia
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Derwent River (Tasmania)
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Derwent Valley Council, a local government area of Tasmania, Australia, covering the upper part of the Derwent River, from the major town of New Norfolk (just north-west of Hobart) to the remote south-west Hydro town of Strathgordon
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Electoral division of Derwent, Tasmania
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Derwent Barracks, an Australian Army barracks in the Hobart suburb of Glenorchy, near the Elwick Racecourse and Hobart Showgrounds
United Kingdom
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Derwent College, a
college of the University of York
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Derwent, Derbyshire, a now-submerged village.
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Derwentwater, Lake District
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River Derwent, North East England
The River Derwent is a river which flows between the historic county boundaries of County of Durham, Durham and Northumberland in the north east of England. It broadens into the Derwent Reservoir (North East England), Derwent Reservoir, west ...
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River Derwent, Cumbria, a river in the Lake District of the county of Cumbria in the north of England
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Above Derwent
Above Derwent is a civil parish in Cumbria, England, to the west of Derwentwater and Keswick, Cumbria, Keswick. It lies entirely within the Lake District National Park.
At the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 1,198 in 514 households, ...
, a civil parish in the Cumberland district in Cumbria, England, bounded to the east by Derwent Water, the River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake, and includes sections of both lakes
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River Derwent, Derbyshire
The Derwent is a river in Derbyshire, England. It is long and is a tributary of the River Trent, which it joins south of Derby. Throughout its course, the river mostly flows through the Peak District and its foothills.
Much of the river' ...
, a river in the county of Derbyshire, England, joining the River Trent south of Derby
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River Derwent, Yorkshire, a river in Yorkshire in the north of England
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Sutton upon Derwent, a small village and civil parish on the River Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately 8 miles (13 km) to the south-east of York
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Derwent Ings, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Upper Derwent Valley, an area of the Peak District National Park in England
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Derwent Park (Rowlands Gill)
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Derwent Reservoir, North East England
The Derwent Reservoir is a reservoir on the River Derwent, North East England, River Derwent, on the border between County Durham and Northumberland, in England. It is west of Consett. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long) and covers an area of ...
, a reservoir on the River Derwent, on the border between County Durham and Northumberland.
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Derwent Mouth, a location on the River Trent, which at that point forms the border between the English counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire
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Derwent Rural District, a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1935 to 1974
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Newton upon Derwent, a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Ouse and Derwent, a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the westerly part of the county
Canada
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Derwent, Alberta
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Derwent, Ontario
United States
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Derwent, Ohio
Vehicles
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''Derwent'' (locomotive), steam locomotive
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HMS ''Derwent'', one of three warships of the Royal Navy
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HMAS ''Derwent'', a naval base and a warship of the Royal Australian Navy
Companies
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Derwent Cumberland Pencil Company, a manufacturer of pencils and other stationery
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Derwent London, commercial developer in London
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Derwent Capital Markets, hedge fund in London
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Derwent Drug File, formerly known as Ringdoc, an information monitoring, abstracting and documentation service
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Derwent Living, an provider of affordable and specialist housing in the Midlands, Yorkshire and the South East
People
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Derwent Hall Caine (1891–1971), British actor, publisher and Labour politician
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Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883), third child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a distinguished English scholar and author
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Lavinia Derwent (1909–1989), MBE
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Derwent Lees (1884–1931), Australian artist and
Slade School of Fine Art
The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...
teacher
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Clarence Derwent (1884 – 1959) British actor, director, and manager. Founder of the
Clarence Derwent Award
The Clarence Derwent Awards are theatre awards given annually by the Actors' Equity Association on Broadway in the United States and by Equity, the performers' union, in the West End in the United Kingdom.
Clarence Derwent (23 March 1884 – 6 ...
in the USA.
Other
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Rolls-Royce Derwent, jet engine
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Derwent (patent), patent indexing system
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Baron Derwent, of Hackness in the North Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Derwent flounder, ''Taratretis derwentensis'', is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae
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Derwent Cricket Club, established in 1835 and is the oldest cricket club in Tasmania
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Derwent Park Road, a major link road in the northern suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania
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Derwent Way Bridge, a small road and rail swing bridge over the Annacis Channel of the Fraser River in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada
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Derwent House, on Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, Bromley
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Derwent Island House, an 18th-century Italianate house situated on Derwent Island, Derwent Water, Keswick, Cumbria, and in the ownership of the National Trust
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Derwent Power Station, a 214MWe gas-fired power station on Holme Lane near Spondon in Derby, England
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Derwent Tower, a 29-storey residential apartment building in Dunston, United Kingdom
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Derwent Reservoir (disambiguation)
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Derwent Valley (disambiguation)
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Derwent Valley Railway (disambiguation)
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Derwent World Patents Index
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River Derwent (disambiguation)
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