Peter Perez Burdett is an important, enigmatic and tantalizing figure. He is best remembered as a cartographer, having surveyed and...
Lost houses in Derbyshire
Peter Perez Burdett is an important, enigmatic and tantalizing figure. He is best remembered as a cartographer, having surveyed and...
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,...

A stampede of life-like prehistoric beasts will rampage through Derby this summer – and it’s going to be dino-mite! Zeus...

Ashton Promotions is back on the big stage, bigger and better than ever. Championship boxing takes to the Vaillant Live,...

Party 101 is the world’s biggest throwback party experience, created by actor, musician, and DJ Matt Bennett, and is bringing...

Fighting crime and keeping people safe is why Sergeant Jamie Millard joined Derbyshire Constabulary at the age of 20. He...
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