Derbyshire Building Society (previously trading as The Derbyshire) is a former UK building society based in Duffield, Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. With effect from 1 December 2008 it was acquired by Nationwide Building Society (Nationwide) and now operates as a trading division of Nationwide. Prior to the merger with Nationwide it was the 9th largest building society in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £7.1 billion at 31 December 2007. It operates 50 branches.
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