Derwent

Derwent may refer to:

Places

Australia

• River Derwent (Tasmania)
• Derwent Valley Council, a local government area of Tasmania, 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
• Electoral division of Derwent, Tasmania
• Derwent Barracks, an Australian Army barracks in the Hobart suburb of Glenorchy, near the Elwick Racecourse and Hobart Showgrounds

United Kingdom

• Derwent College, a college of the University of York
• Derwent, Derbyshire, a now-submerged village.
• Derwentwater, Lake District
• River Derwent, North East England
• River Derwent, Cumbria, a river in the Lake District of the county of Cumbria in the north of England
• Above Derwent, 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
• River Derwent, Derbyshire, a river in the county of Derbyshire, England, joining the River Trent south of Derby
• River Derwent, Yorkshire, a river in Yorkshire in the north of England
• 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
• Derwent Ings, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
• Upper Derwent Valley, an area of the Peak District National Park in England
• Derwent Park (Rowlands Gill)
• Derwent Reservoir, North East England, a reservoir on the River Derwent, on the border between County Durham and Northumberland.
• Derwent Mouth, a location on the River Trent, which at that point forms the border between the English counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire
• Derwent Rural District, a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1935 to 1974
• Newton upon Derwent, a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
• Ouse and Derwent, a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the westerly part of the county

Canada

• Derwent, Alberta
• Derwent, Ontario

United States

• Derwent, Ohio

Vehicles

• Derwent (locomotive), steam locomotive
• HMS Derwent, one of three warships of the Royal Navy
• HMAS Derwent, a naval base and a warship of the Royal Australian Navy
• , several ships

Companies

• Derwent Cumberland Pencil Company, a manufacturer of pencils and other stationery
• Derwent London, commercial developer in London
• Derwent Capital Markets, hedge fund in London
• Derwent Drug File, formerly known as Ringdoc, an information monitoring, abstracting and documentation service
• Derwent Living, an provider of affordable and specialist housing in the Midlands, Yorkshire and the South East

People

• Derwent Hall Caine (1891–1971), British actor, publisher and Labour politician
• Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883), third child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a distinguished English scholar and author
• Lavinia Derwent (1909–1989), MBE
• Derwent Lees (1884–1931), Australian artist and Slade School of Fine Art teacher
• Clarence Derwent (1884 – 1959) British actor, director, and manager. Founder of the Clarence Derwent Award in the USA.

Other

• Rolls-Royce Derwent, jet engine
• Derwent (patent), patent indexing system
• Baron Derwent, of Hackness in the North Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Derwent flounder, Taratretis derwentensis, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae
• Derwent Cricket Club, established in 1835 and is the oldest cricket club in Tasmania
• Derwent Park Road, a major link road in the northern suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania
• 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
• Derwent House, on Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, Bromley
• Derwent Island House, an 18th-century Italianate house situated on Derwent Island, Derwent Water, Keswick, Cumbria, and in the ownership of the National Trust
• Derwent Power Station, a 214MWe gas-fired power station on Holme Lane near Spondon in Derby, England
• Derwent Tower, a 29-storey residential apartment building in Dunston, United Kingdom
• Derwent Reservoir (disambiguation)
• Derwent Valley (disambiguation)
• Derwent Valley Railway (disambiguation)
• Derwent World Patents Index
• River Derwent (disambiguation)

See also

• Derventa, a municipality and its central town in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina