No native West Hallam resident, of course, would acknowledge being resident of Ilkeston – they are fiercely independent folk –...
No native West Hallam resident, of course, would acknowledge being resident of Ilkeston – they are fiercely independent folk –...
If you were to walk towards the city centre in Derby along Queen Street, you would eventually reach St. Michael’s,...
By Maxwell Craven “Some years ago, a friend who is a keen collector of local postcards, Don Gwinnett, sent me...
by Maxwell Craven The standing remains of the moated secondary seat of the de Bradbourne family no longer exist for...
by Maxwell Craven Lea Hall is a sequestered little paradise, half lost between the villages of Tissington and Bradbourne which,...
When one speaks of houses that are lost, one speaks of houses built, lived in and eventually discarded as redundant,...
For somewhere so close to Derby, and somewhere which was once on the very edge of a coal-mining area, Morley...
The present hall at Brizlincote is visible for miles around, set on its dominant hill and looking for all the...
Netherthorpe Old Hall was a stone built Elizabethan small manor house situated in Netherton, one of the group of modest...
By Maxwell Craven The history of Ashford-in-the-Water is both in places obscure and also generally complex; there are unhelpful gaps...

PR and communications agency Nielsen McAllister has announced the appointment of three new members of staff in support of its...

Drivers in Ashbourne are being reminded not to park on the town’s Market Place, as events begin following the recent...

A book to support children when they lose a loved one has been written by a member of staff at...

Derby Book Festival is celebrating World Book Day with a BIG party in Derby Market Hall on Saturday 28 February....

A Derby organisation that supports children with early intervention and emotional education has set out plans to raise £50,000 to...
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