Glapwell Hall was a rather rambling stone house of later seventeenth century date, made more rambling by Georgian and Victorian...
Glapwell Hall was a rather rambling stone house of later seventeenth century date, made more rambling by Georgian and Victorian...
When I write about Derbyshire, I do tend to stick to the historic borders of the County, the land of...
About seven years ago I found myself sat next to Sir Nicholas Soames at lunch, which put me on my...
One often comes across houses – not always ancient ones – which have names carrying the suffix ‘Priory’ or similar....
The Chesshyre family has been amongst the elite tradesmen of Derby since the beginning of the seventeenth century, when brothers...
The story of the Strutt family and that of modern Belper, which they more or less created, are intertwined. They...
The manorial history of Brailsford is a long and distinguished one going back to the period of the Norman conquest....

Breadsall was one of the villages immediately surrounding Derby that so far has escaped being absorbed by the ever-expanding city...
Readers will be well aware that Little Chester is a characterful Derby suburb which overlies the remains of the Roman...

If you go up Mill Hill Lane today, you might come away with the impression that Temple House is the...

By Tom Bell “If you thought running the pitch when your favourite team won a trophy was the closest you’d...

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...
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