by Maxwell Craven Lea Hall is a sequestered little paradise, half lost between the villages of Tissington and Bradbourne which,...
Lost houses in Derbyshire
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,...
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...

Derbyshire housebuilder Casamia Homes has entered an exclusive partnership with garage interior specialist Dura – becoming the first UK housebuilder...

Local hairdresser, based at French&Ivi in Belper, and Creative Director for MOOD, Tracey Ann Smith, has been announced as the...

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...
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