Portal:Derbyshire/Fascinating Fact/3

... that Derby's Silk Mill is used as a design theme for the bobbins on the St Alkmund's Way Footbridge?
... that the Corporation of Derby paid 2 lbs of wax to St. James Priory to cross St. James Bridge?
... that the 13th Earl of Derby established a private menagerie in the grounds of Knowsley Hall in Merseyside, where the 18th Earl opened a public safari park in the 20th century?
... that Hungry Bentley, an abandoned village in Derbyshire, England, was named for the poor quality of its land?
... that Charles Darwin's grandad and second cousin both lived in Derbyshire?
... that Philip Marc, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in the time of Robin Hood, left lands at Chellaston?

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Wikipedia:Recent additions 230, archived from appearance on Main Page appeared September 2008