Ford Street / Agard Street Area - West End
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The West End area, particularly around Ford Street, Bridge Street and Agard Street has changed quite dramatically over the years, way back in the sixty's and seventy's various business's took up residence in the old railway bridge arches than spanned this area, on Friargate this is still the case next to the Friargate bridge. The pictures below detail the changes in the last eight years, many of the old mills and chimneys have disappeared from the skyline having being replaced with student accommodation, which is very evident in Agard Street.

On the left is the mill and chimney that you can see in the top pictures, this is a reflection in Markeaton brook, the mill has sadly now gone, the large student accommodation block on Agard Street now stands here.

You can see the accommodation block below right, which is caught well with the last remaining Derby Tapes Ltd mill building and chimney, which has been empty since 2003, the building was originally built around the turn of the 20^th century

Looking towards the Cavendish court flats on Ford Street, taken from the car parks on the corner of Brook Street

St Johns Terrace just off Bridge Street, the pictures at the top were taken in 1997 with the one opposite taken in 2005

Banks Mill , one of the remaining and restored Mills on Bridge Street,  it is now home to various small business's

The Grade II-listed Wesleyan Chapel, in Brook Street, this 1802 chapel was built by three preachers and became a Wesleyan chapel in 1856.  It was one of Derby's oldest surviving chapels.

It has now been converted to a restaurant upstairs and a bar downstairs, and the plans stated that 35 out of 49 pews were going to be retained, the pulpit will be kept, but moved to a higher level, the existing rafters will be insulated and the staircase will be replaced.

Externally, gutters and pipes will be kept where possible. If they are beyond repair, then they will be replaced with aluminium ones.

All graves will also be retained and included in a landscaped area. The organ may have to go because it is in poor condition and the developer is considering donating it to another church. The Chapel was bought for £120,000 in an auction.