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Landlocked Derbyshire is renowned for its beautiful countryside and grand mansions. But did you know a beach in Australia is named after a district of Derby, or that the area where the Eagle Centre in the city now stands was home, only a few decades ago, to countless families who lived in back-to-back houses with no heating and electricity?

Browse the alphabetical list of articles below to discover more about these and other interesting facts about the county, including the story of the landowner whose castle folly landed him in hot water.

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• 'Fressingfield' - Littleover's 'Secret House' Revealed

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• 1930s: Lungs of Derby provided breath of fresh air
• 1960s: Happy memories of the Locarno
• 1975: End of an era as Morledge Market closes

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• After 130 years, Mick-Mack line could be ready for a comeback
• Albany Road, Derby - What's in a name?
• Allenton
• Allenton: The changing face of Allenton
• Allestree: Not convinced about Allestree's Aussie link
• Alvaston
• Anchor Church Foremark: An 18th-century picnic by the Anchor Church
• Any Answers?
• Arbor Low
• Artists With Derbyshire Connections
• Ashbourne
• Ashbourne Road, Derby - then and now
• Ashcroft Close, Alvaston - What's in a name?
• Ashford-in-the-Water: Trail follows route of old railway line
• Ashover: Pigs were killed for black market
• Assembly Rooms: council was refused use of royal name
• Aston on Trent
• Author who brought Belper's industrial history to life

B

• Babington Buildings: Bookshop on site of Jacobean mansion
• Babington Lane, Derby - then and now
• Bakewell: An Accidental Pudding
• Bakewell: builder who helped shape town
• Barton Blount, Church Broughton: a house with a fascinating history
• Bath Street, Ilkeston - then and now
• Belper Road, Stanley Common - then and now
• Belper: Town was at heart of industrial revolution
• Blue John Cavern
• Bolsover Castle
• Bonsall: Memories of village life in the 1950s
• Borrowash
• Breadsall: All Saints' Church and the suffragettes
• Bretby Hall
• Bretby Hall: Racing elite rode at Bretby
• Bretby: Early lords were men of power and wealth
• Bridge Street, Belper - then and now
• Brookside, Two Dales, Matlock - then and now
• Brown's secondhand shop remembered
• Brunswick Inn, Railway Terrace - then and now
• Buxton
• Buxton Opera House

C

• Calke Abbey
• Calke Abbey and its links to Egyptology
• Canary Island, Derby: an area rich in heritage
• Carsington Water
• Carsington and Hopton
• Castleton
• Castleton: Winnat's Pass, The Ghosts of Allan and Clara
• Cat and Fiddle Inn: venue for a wartime affair
• Catton Hall
• Chaddesden
• Chaddesden: Village disappeared under urban sprawl
• Chatsworth House
• Chatsworth House: Palace of the Peak provided backdrop for scenes in Oscar-nominated movie
• Chatsworth hosted war evacuees
• Chellaston memories brought to book
• Chellaston: The history of Chellaston
• Chesterfield
• Chesterfield Borough Council - Its Coat of Arms Explained
• Childhood Borrowash was 'village of enchantment'
• Childhood memories of South Derbyshire: Swadlincote High Street
• Christmas auctions at Derby's Cattle Market
• Church Broughton - A Cow's Sorry End

C

• Church Street, Kilburn - then and now
• Church fonts Derbyshire: Church relics reveal a font of information
• Churchill Dance Hall, Curzon Street, Derby
• Corn Exchange: Landmark building has had many uses
• Cornmarket and Victoria Street, Derby - then and now
• Cornmarket, Derby - then and now
• Council House, Derby: at heart of civic life
• Cresswell Colliery disaster
• Crich
• Cromford: village with an impressive industrial heritage
• Curzon Street, Derby - then and now

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• Dad is workman in Derby canal scene
• Dale Abbey: village owes its existence to a hermit
• Dark Peak
• Darley Abbey
• Darley Abbey - Tea and Tragedy at Folly Houses
• Darley Park: Tree that prompts special memories for former West End youngster
• Deepdale: A HOB Story
• Demolition Derby - The Disappearing Pub Phenomenon
• Demolition could uncover deserted medieval village
• Derby
• Derby - My home sweet home
• Derby - Which streets are named after people?
• Derby Arboretum
• Derby Boar Statue
• Derby Bus Station
• Derby Cathedral
• Derby Cathedral Quarter - At the Heart of City Life
• Derby Cathedral: Exploring Cathedral's hidden heraldic gems
• Derby Cathedral: fascinating history of an impressive Baroque church
• Derby Cathedral: fascinating history of an impressive Baroque church - part 2
• Derby City Council - Its Coat of Arms Explained
• Derby City Register Office: From merrymaking to marriagemaking
• Derby County Jail: Grim jail designed to instil fear
• Derby East Prospect: Charming picture is a window to the past
• Derby From The Air
• Derby Industrial Museum
• Derby Market Place
• Derby Market Place 50 years on
• Derby Midland Station
• Derby Mill Hill House: An architectural detective story
• Derby Power Station - then and now
• Derby Racecourse: The rich history of Derby's lost racetrack
• Derby Road, Borrowash - then and now
• Derby Women's Hospital
• Derby canal
• Derby gaol
• Derby was a great place to be in the 50s and 60s
• Derby's April Fools Day 1842 flood was no joke
• Derby's Crystal Palace was 33-year wonder
• Derby's Poultry Market
• Derby's Welsh still keep a welcome in the hillsides
• Derby/Landmarks
• Derby/The Middle Ages to the 18th century
• Derby: Bang Goes the Old West End
• Derby: City had its own oyster saloon
• Derby: Detective work uncovers history of Derby houses
• Derby: Open your eyes to Derby, the city of curving Modernist lines
• Derby: Origin of street names
• Derby: St Christopher's Home
• Derby: Where the streets have strange names
• Derbyshire
• Derbyshire - Coats of Arms, Badges and Crests
• Derbyshire - What's in a Painting?
• Derbyshire County Council - Its Coat of Arms Explained
• Derbyshire Dialect
• Derbyshire Partnership Week

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• Derbyshire Pubs - Your Stories Wanted!
• Derbyshire in Art - A Virtual Gallery
• Derbyshire then and now
• Derbyshire: Derbyshire's ghosts are exposed in Spectred Isle
• Derbyshire: Queen's visits
• Derbyshire: When rich and poor lived cheek-by-jowl
• Derbyshire: Worst floods of the century
• Derby’s West End Boys’ Club: Blakey’s club was a haven for West End youngsters
• Duffield: Boy, Oh Boy and other village characters
• Duffield: Carnival day cancelled

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• Eagle Centre
• Eagle Centre - I lived in Devonshire Street
• Eagle Centre: Paradise lost is revamped and reborn
• Eagle Centre: Taking a trip down the streets where we lived in the Eagle Street area
• East Midlands Airport's first Christmas
• Edale
• Ednaston Manor
• Egginton Heath battle resumes 354 years on
• Elvaston
• Elvaston Castle
• Erewash Borough Council - The Coat of Arms Controversy!
• Estate boasts half a century of community spirit and great hidden talents
• Etwall
• Etwall Almshouses - Colour Archive Film
• Exeter Bridge was built by plutocrat to reach his land
• Eyam

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• Family brought wealth and work to village
• Fields and woods were our wartime playground
• Flood Street, Ockbrook - then and now
• Fond memories of Derby's railwayman's church
• Former pub and toll house in danger of demolition
• Friargate railway station
• Full story of tragic death of three tots in burning lorry is uncovered

G

• George Yard, Derby: childhood memories
• Gerard Street children's home remembered
• German plane crashed on Normanton Rec
• Ghostly goings-on at the Lawns Hotel, Chellaston
• Glamour queens gave city something to smile about
• Great Longstone
• Green Hall, Belper - Remembered, 1938 to 1956.
• Green Lane Derby: From opulent villas to artisans' cottages
• Green’s Mill Derby: Answers to two puzzles, but the identity of one mill building remains a mystery
• Growing up in 1950s Breaston

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• Haddon Hall
• Haddon Hall provided inspiration for best-selling mystery
• Hadfield
• Hanson Grange
• Happy childhood memories of Derby's Arboretum
• Hardwick Hall
• Hardwick Hall: The Ghosts of the Old and the New
• Hartington
• Hayfield: Valley trail is one of outstanding natural beauty
• Heanor: From coal-mining to pudding-making
• Heights of Abraham
• Help Peter trace his family tree
• Help me trace bread deliverer
• High Street, Ripley - then and now
• Highlow Hall
• Hilton
• Hilton Wesleyan Chapel - then and now
• Historic hall was once the home of Lord Chief Justice
• Hob Hurst's House
• Holbrook Hall
• Holbrook Village - then and now
• House gives insight into how we lived

I

• I loved the Grapes Inn so much I decided to draw it
• I saw the West End break up, family by family