Excerpt from A Collection of Fragments Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Derby, Vol. 1 of 2: Compiled From Authentic Sources The Editor trusts that no apology will be deemed necessary for presenting to the public the following fragments; for, although they are far from forming a regular history of the town of Derby, they will be found to contain a great variety of interesting matter, collected from every source to which access could be obtained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.