Thurman and Malin was founded in 1879 by William Malin and John Thurman, it was described in 1891 as a drapers, hosiers and undertakers, the firm closed in 1970, in there heyday they were big rivals to the Midland Drapery. The building was built around 1900 and is three storeys high, arched stone architraves, stone quoins, dormers in roof and a Wrought iron balustrade

This Grand building was once the the Combined County Court and Inland Revenue building, fine carvings and statues adorn this magnificent built building

The building below was built in 1894, and consists of 3 storeys, 3 bay windows, painted white with herring-boned pattern brick and a mock timber frame to the second floor

The building on the corner of St Peters Churchyard was built in 1880 and consists of 3 storeys with dormers, a projecting cornice and parapet and a 4 storey conical tower.

Below is the old Derby Grammar School which was founded in 1160, this is the second oldest grammar school in the country, a local business man Walkelin and his wife Goda turned their own house into the school, the school received a royal charter and endowments from Queen Mary in 1554. It then became a Free Grammar School and moved to a new building, shown below which was used right up to 1840, the school then moved to St Helens House. A new front gallery was added when Raymond's the photographers occupied the site and then later the Heritage Centre (Richard Felix) took over. Notable former pupils include;

• Rev. John Cotton, Pilgrim Father (1630) and founder of Boston, Massachussetts.

• John Flamstead, born 1646, First royal astronomer who founded the Greenwich Observatory.

• Joseph Wright, famous local artist born in 1734.

Charter of Mary Tudor 21st May 1554

" And further, we will and by these presents order and grant, that for the future there is and shall be a free Grammar School for the instruction and education of boys and youths in the said town of Derby"