DERWENT

'Derwent' may refer to:

Contents

Rivers

Places

Australia

United Kingdom

Other

Origin

Rivers

===Australia===

★ Derwent River (Tasmania)
===United Kingdom===

★ River Derwent, Derbyshire, England; see also Upper Derwent Valley

★ River Derwent, County Durham, England

★ River Derwent, Cumbria, England, also the lake Derwent Water in the Lake District

★ River Derwent, Yorkshire, England

Places

Australia

★ Electoral division of Derwent is an election district in Tasmania

United Kingdom

★ Derwent, Derbyshire, England

Other

★ Derwent is also the name of an early Rolls-Royce jet engine.

★ Derwent is also a company manufacturing fine art pencils.

★ Derwent is a college at the University of York.

★ Derwent (locomotive), an early British steam locomotive.

★ Derwent (Patent), Derwent is a indexing system used to categorize and classify patents.

Origin

The name Derwent derives from the Brythonic term ''Derventio'' meaning "valley thick with oaks".