by Maxwell Craven I decided to take a break from country houses this month and mention a licensed house –...
Lost houses in Derbyshire
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...
The Wardwick is, even today, one of Derby’s most elegant streets; in Georgian times it was the bees’ knees as...
Ashover is a most interesting, beautiful and large parish in central Derbyshire, situated just south east of the main road...
The estate at Foremark, where once the invading Vikings over-wintered in 783-784, was granted to Nigel de Stafford,a (genuine) comrade-in-arms...
Thornbridge was once part of the estate of the Longsdon family of Little Longstone, who claim a descent (never securely...

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

The Ukrainian National Opera® is proud to announce the 2027 UK tour of Puccini’s dramatic masterpiece Tosca, performed by the...

Regional charity Groundwork Five Counties has announced it has improved 415,964 m² of land in 2025/26, equal to 58 football...
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