From November 1858 the timetables began to refer to "Denbey", with the Post Office spelling being adopted in February 1878.

It so happened in 1901, the Nottingham county surveyor, Edgar Purnell Hooley was visiting the site and noticed some tar that had been spilled and covered with iron foundry slag.

A major trouble with highways at that time was the dust raised by increasingly speedy vehicles and various ways had been tried unsuccessfully for binding the road surface.

Each week around three or four vans would be despatched to Chaddesden sidings (near Derby station) where they would be connected to an express to St Pancras and the company's warehouse at the Granary.

Added to all this were consignments of milk and agricultural produce from all the farms in the area In the Grouping of all lines (into four main companies) in 1923 the station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.