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DERBYSHIRE has long been a popular tourist destination. For centuries the crowds have flocked to fashionable towns like Buxton, and a large swathe of the county was incorporated …
Derby is an ancient chartered settlement with Roman origins, which got caught up in the leading edge of the Industrial Revolution and became the important manufacturing city and …
Britain’s canals have a long and fascinating history. First established by the Romans, they expanded exponentially during the eighteenth century and, through providing links …
Derbyshire is a county of dramatic variations and contrasts created by millennia of geological change. Situated in the very middle of England, it is the furthest county from the …
The mineral that they unearthed was to shape the history of the Derbyshire village for centuries to come. Illustrated with more than fifty photographs, this book traces the …
This is the story of the heady days when Brian Clough and Peter Taylor brought about a revolution at Derby County in the late 1960s and early '70s - transforming them from Second …
Describes the archaeology and history of a picturesque White Peak farm at Roystone Grange. Based upon fieldwork, this book dissects the sequence of prehistoric, Roman, medieval and …
A history of Belper & Milford.
Drawing on contemporary and historical sources, Haunted Derbyshire contains many creepy accounts of spirits, spectres and poltergeists - including the Mad Monk of North Wingfield, …
A history of Matlock & Matlock Bath