By Maxwell Craven Like its Domesday Book twin, Newton Solney, Bretby is a total delight to visit, although much smaller...
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by Maxwell Craven Hearthcote House was a deceptively ancient and complex building by the time of its demolition in 1980....
By Maxwell Craven Derbyshire lost more parishes to Staffordshire than it gained under the local government reforms of 1887 and...
by Maxwell Craven Neither Eaton Dovedale, which sits adjacent to Sedsall, are exactly well known locales, even to keen followers...
by Maxwell Craven I decided to take a break from country houses this month and mention a licensed house –...
No-one knows what the ancient hall at Kedleston looked like, except that it was built before 1198 by one the...
by Maxwell Craven It is perhaps quite a stretch to envisage the sheer antiquity of the site of Culland Hall,...
From considerable prominence during the Roman period as Aquae Arnemetiae, Buxton drops from record almost completely (avoiding an entry in...
As is the case with so many other of Derbyshire’s lost houses, the present Middleton Hall, at Middleton-by-Youlgreave, is a...
The name Alsop (with multitudinous variations of spelling) is by no means uncommon in Derbyshire, if only because it derives...
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By Steve Orme Glass-blowing is a dying craft that is expected to disappear in the next ten years. But one...
by Tom Bell For those familiar with the grand Amber Valley constituency, you will know all about the rolling terrain...
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There was quite a hush as the doors to the conservation shed were slid open at an event for special...
With Martins World Travel My last month’s article concentrated on the rich animal and bird life of this unique area...
