Grangefields lies in the northern part of the parish of Trusley and has a long history going back to the...
Lost houses in Derbyshire
Grangefields lies in the northern part of the parish of Trusley and has a long history going back to the...
by Maxwell Craven Ockbrook Manor was a wonderful old house which one could only describe as ‘multi-period’ having, seemingly a...
by Maxwell Craven The publication in 2019 of Chesterfield Streets and Houses by Philip Riden and Chris Leteve throws much...
by Maxwell Craven A notable surge in prosperity in Derby during the Napoleonic wars and afterwards, led to the building...
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,...

A Derby funeral director arranged the final farewell for English actor, Sir Alan Bates, allowed a dozen stormtroopers to walk...

Hello everyone my name is Emma Barker, and I am proud to be a finalist in Miss Derbyshire 2026, with...

Crich itself had a population hovering around 3,000 for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries, fed initially by...

Yassou Greek Kitchen is a well-established restaurant in the heart of Little Eaton serving delicious, traditional Greek dishes. At Yassou...

This month, two of Joseph Wright of Derby’s most celebrated masterpieces will be reunited in the artist’s hometown for the first...
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