Cromford (Derbyshire)
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| status | Village | |
| region | East Midlands | |
| Administration County | Derbyshire | |
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| Website | www.cromfordvillage.co.uk | |
Cromford is a municipality in Derbyshire , two miles south of Matlock on the River Derwent, of great industrial historical importance as it was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution .
Richard Arkwright built the world's first cotton factory here in 1771, using the water-powered waterframe he developed , thereby revolutionizing cotton spinning. As the Masson Mill, the factory is now part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site .
A district of the Rhenish city of Ratingen , in which a good 10 years later the Cromford textile factory , based on the Arkwrights factory, was the world's first factory outside of England, is still named after Cromford today.
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Commons : Cromford - collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′ N , 1 ° 34 ′ W