If you drive along the road from Swarkestone Bridge to Chellaston you will notice, just as you turn east after...
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Some lost houses leave no trace behind, some fragments, some a wing or two incorporated into something else, and some,...
Architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom undertook the work of creating an Elysium amongst the dark hills above Derwent. Next time you...
When architects design their own houses, there is always something of interest. Richard Leaper was Derby’s Regency period amateur architect...
It was of brick with quoins and other dressings of coal measures sandstone, undoubtedly from a local quarry (or re-used from...
Snelston was the most ambitious Gothic house in Derbyshire, renowned for its splendour, but also one of the more short-lived...
In the early 17th century, the West bank of the Derwent was becoming very sought after for gardens and suddenly...
With heavy machinery at work and much building going up in the tract of land between the Railway Station and...
Crich is really rather a confusing place, not least in respect to its country houses. The descent of the manorial...
On the vast, exuberant and lavishly decorated monument in Derby Cathedral to Bess of Hardwick is an inscription, lauding the...
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A commercial cotton spinning mill until 1991 and now home to a Textile Museum, Visitor Centre, offices and meeting and...
Dinky Hooves offers private miniature Shetland pony experiences near Ashbourne, on the edge of the Peak District. Spend 90 minutes...
A Derby funeral director arranged the final farewell for English actor, Sir Alan Bates, allowed a dozen stormtroopers to walk...
Hello everyone my name is Emma Barker, and I am proud to be a finalist in Miss Derbyshire 2026, with...
Crich itself had a population hovering around 3,000 for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries, fed initially by...
