This work included much of the area's older, privately owned terraced houses, with 20 empty properties brought back into use and 93 low-income families helped with essential repairs.

From 1908 till 2007, Osmaston was the central location of the manufacturing unit of Rolls-Royce until this facility was moved 2 km south to Sinfin.

The plane then strafed civilians in the Osmaston area and shot down a barrage balloon before returning to base.

Twenty-three people were killed, 12 in the works with the remainder in neighbouring houses in Hawthorn, Abingdon and Handel Street.

Guest of honour was Sheila Dixon, who was nine years old when one of the bombs impacted two doors down from her home, killing her friend Dennis Regan.

[9] In April 2009, Derby City Council agreed to buy the old Rolls-Royce site in a move towards the ongoing regeneration of Osmaston.

The church was built in 1926 on land given by Mrs Walter Evans and was extended in 1966 to give a new Chancel, Lady Chapel and Vestries.