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The Quantum centre
The new Quantum centre on Nightingale Road

Osmaston is in the South of city of Derby.

Many of the houses around the Nightingale Road area housed employees of Rolls Royce at one time.

 
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Osmaston was chosen five times up to 1933 as the site for the Royal Show.

In 1887, Royal Crown Derby opened a new factory on Osmaston road.

Behind the Rolls Royce building on Nightingale Road there used a be a test track called "Miniature Brooklands" used to test the 'Silver Ghost' cars. This was bombed during the Second World War.

The Quantum centre was the first social centre for Rolls Royce employees in 1910. Today it is a brand new learning centre, with access to the internet for the community to use.

Osmaston is written in the Doomsday book as Osmundestune. The manor of Osmaston was granted to Robert Holland in 1307.

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    tiny Osmaston is a ward of Derby to the South of the City.

Probably Osmaston’s most famous resident is the company Rolls Royce and Henry Royce’s original office, where he dreamt up the Silver ghost car and many other designs.

Number One Shop inside the Nightingale Road site of Rolls Royce no longer makes cars today, instead the workshops make parts for aircraft.

The 'Triangle' is an area of Derby bounded by Osmaston Road, the railway line and Osmaston Park Road.

These days it also includes the network of streets around Victory Road, Wilkins Drive and Marsden Street, which are known locally as 'behind the Mitre'.

Osmaston Hall was demolished to make way for Ascot Drive industrial estate in 1938.

Since the demolition of Osmaston hall, the miniature parish church of St James's, Osmaston, and its vicarage have been totally destroyed.

Although part of the parkland was saved by the council to create Osmaston Park and the sports facilities on Moor Lane.

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