By Maxwell Craven Like its Domesday Book twin, Newton Solney, Bretby is a total delight to visit, although much smaller...
By Maxwell Craven Like its Domesday Book twin, Newton Solney, Bretby is a total delight to visit, although much smaller...
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...

Rural Action Derbyshire is warning that the fastmoving crisis in the Middle East is now pushing domestic heating oil prices...

Alfreton Town Council is pleased to announce that the external audit for the financial year 2024/2025 has been completed by...

A Derby charity which works tirelessly to end food insecurity in the city is opening a community shop, which includes...

Derbyshire theatre company Tabs Productions has revealed the three plays it will be presenting as part of the 2026 Colin...

Derbyshire-based housebuilder Casamia Homes has launched a new division in the business building one-of-a-kind dream houses for clients. Casamia Signature...
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