Home to nursery rhymes, ancient hunters, iron forges and even a “peace army”, Patrick Coleman…
Tag: derbyshire history
Derbyshire Record Office volunteer Roger Jennens has discovered a fascinating link between Florence Nightingale and…
There’s a strong Chesterfield link to the famous expedition that led to Darwin’s theory of…
With HS2 getting the government go-ahead last month – and Chesterfield Borough Council working on…
Michael Smith looks at the pioneering people, places and inventions that make Derbyshire a ‘first’…
Catherine Roth meets the couple whose new book reveals how a Derbyshire valley has worldwide…
In the last of this fascinating series, Patrick Coleman looks at the stately home that…
Local journalist Alan Hurndall has written a book about one of the most horrifying stories…
Nicola Lisle explores the Derbyshire connections of novelist George Eliot, who was born 200 years…
In part two of this fascinating new series,Patrick Coleman looks at the ‘triumphal column’ that…