For somewhere so close to Derby, and somewhere which was once on the very edge of a coal-mining area, Morley...
Lost houses in Derbyshire
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...
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...

An all-day, free party to celebrate Sadler Gate returns to Derby this summer after last year’s event attracted hundreds of...

Derby Book Festival welcomes Children’s Laureate, Frank Cottrell Boyce, to their annual Meet the Author event for primary schools next...

St. Peter’s Church, Derbyshire, DE56 1EB Saturday 27th June 2026 Join Derbyshire’s No.1 brass band, Derwent Brass, for a spectacular...

Francis Rossi’s ‘Songbook: Quo – Past, Present, Future’ tour is coming to Derby on Sunday 4th April 2027. Due to...

The Cathedral Quarter Hotel, a Grade II listed landmark in Derby, has opened its diary for couples dreaming of tying...
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