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... that Alfred Seale Haslam, Mayor of Derby, became rich from keeping meat cool on its way from the British colonies?
... that St Helen's Priory became a hospital in 1160, after its canons transferred to Darley Abbey?
... that a message of farewell to Buxton and its waters, scratched onto a window pane of the Old Hall Hotel, was reputedly inscribed by Mary Queen of Scots?
... that Joseph Whittaker, who has 2,200 pressed plants in Derby Museum, sold 300 South Australian plants to Kew Gardens?
... that Harrington Bridge is a listed building, except for the central section which crosses the River Trent into Derbyshire?
... that Fred Forman scored two goals in England's 13–2 win over Ireland?

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.. that in 1344 Derby Black Friary (tile pictured)) was ransacked by 40 men, who stole £60 of goods?}}
... that the rare mineral Matlockite (PbFCl) is named after a town in Derbyshire?
...that Swarfega was invented by Audley Bowdler Williamson from Heanor, Derbyshire?
...that Harry Newbould was the first-ever manager of Derby County F.C.?
...that Edward James, born near Breaston and educated at Derby School, was burnt at the stake and beatified in 1929?
...that Derby is the headquarters of Rolls-Royce plc, the second-largest aircraft engine maker?

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... 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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...that you can now listen to the way "Derbyshire" listen is pronounced, and a number of other places in the county, if you have a media player plugin such as VLC media player but not Melbourne Hall?
... that the Allenton hippopotamus was discovered in England in 1895 and is now in Derby Museum?
... that King's Mead Priory was the only Benedictine Nunnery in Derbyshire?
... that John Erskine Clarke produced the world's first Parish Magazine at Derby in 1859?
...that Ilam Hall near Ashbourne is in Staffordshire as it is the wrong side of Dovedale?
...that Eldon Hill is a source of quarried limestone?

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... that Herbert Strutt, a High Sheriff of Derbyshire, bought the Glensanda estate where his son disappeared and was later found as a clothed skeleton?
.. that Locko Preceptory is the only recorded Lazarite Preceptory in England?
... that during World War II, Derby Art Gallery's Ernest Townsend created camouflage designs to make Spitfire engine factories look like a village from the air?
... that the headmaster of Shardlow Hall School, in Derbyshire, played soccer for England?
... that John Flamsteed of Derby became the first Astronomer Royal in 1675?
... that Shire Brook in Sheffield was part of the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire for 900 years.?

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... that Derby Museum has a diagram of Ecton Hill (pictured) made from Ashford Black Marble and other minerals?
... that Gresley Parish Church (pictured) was a 12th century Augustinian priory?
... that the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata - the seat of the Governor-General during the Raj - was built on the lines of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire?
.. that the first captain of Derbyshire County Cricket Club fled the UK after the captain in 1890 discovered embezzlement of £1000 from the club's coffers?
... that the volcano Mount St. Helens is named after Alleyne FitzHerbert of Derby?
... that John Cowper Powys, the writer, came from Derbyshire?

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... that Gresley Parish Church (pictured) was originally an Augustinian Priory, founded in the 12th Century??
...that Swarkestone Hall Pavilion is a building owned by the Landmark Trust?
...that the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein conducted aeronautical research at Chunal in Derbyshire?
... that George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston was Viceroy of India?
... that Shire Brook in Sheffield was part of the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire for 900 years.?

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... that Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby succeeded to his fathers title after his brother had been murdered?
... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings?
... that Richard Knill Freeman, who designed British municipal buildings, schools and museums, also designed a church in Moscow in the 1880s?
...that the The Bull Ring is a henge that was built in the late Neolithic period near Dove Holes?
...that the North Midland Railway built the first ever railway roundhouse at their Derby Works
...that Baron St Helens attended Derby School?

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... that Anchor Church had its caves extended to be a summerhouse for Sir Francis Burdett?
... that Wright of Derby's painting of Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene depicts Juliet (pictured) saying her final line "... Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger!" in Shakespeare's play?
...that Botany Bay is in Derbyshire?
... that the Derby Gilbert & Sullivan Company has been champion of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival six times?
...that Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe, 10th Baronet banned cars from his house at Calke Abbey?

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...that John Mawe, who studied the mineralogy of Derbyshire, was arrested as a spy in 1805 before publishing accounts of his travels in Brazil?
... that Samuel Rayner, who painted the Derby Exhibition in 1839, had one of his paintings exhibited in the Royal Academy when he was only 15?
... that English landscape architect Edward Milner designed three public parks in Preston, Lancashire?
...that the 12th Duke of Norfolk rebuilt Glossops parish church, built All Saints RC chapel, improved the reservoir and built the town hall,
...that after Robert de Ferrers, the 6th Earl of Derby was pardoned for his part in a civil war against King Edward I, he did it again?

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... that a 200-year-old costume worn by "the king" (pictured) on Castleton Garland Day in Derbyshire is now in the local museum?
... that in All Saints Church, Kedleston, Derbyshire, (pictured) are 35 monuments to the Curzon family of Kedleston Hall?
... that the Tissington Trail, a popular walk and cycle path follows the course of the former Ashbourne to Buxton railway?
... that Chatsworth House, had a great conservatory built in 1838 where Joseph Paxton worked. The man who designed The Crystal Palace?
... that King William awarded the manor of Glossop to William Peveril, but it was later confiscated?

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... that the National Tramway Museum, at Crich, (listen) in Derbyshire, England, is situated within Crich Tramway Village?
... that The King of Rome's skin is preserved in Derby Museum because he survived where other pigeons died?
... that the Cromford and High Peak Railway was completed in 1831, to carry minerals between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge?
... that less than a quarter of Eyam survived the plague brought to the village in flea-infested cloth by George Viccars?

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Haslam in 1891

... that Swizzels Matlow make Love Hearts and the new part is by the Upper Peak Forest canal in New Mills
... that the plant Fumaria painteri has only been found twice in Britain, and both times by the Rev. W. H. Painter?
... that Francis Noel Clarke Mundy was painted by Joseph Wright of Derby?
... that the Rolls-Royce Conway turbofan was the first commercial aero engine to operate for 10,000 hours between overhauls?
... that Shipley Hall was demolished due to mining damage?

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... that Joseph Wright of Derby's painting, The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (detail pictured), was only sold after his death, when all of his possessions were auctioned at Christie's?
... that the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood was born in Tintwistle in 1941?
... that in 1855 three passengers, believing they had arrived at their destination, fell to their deaths when they stepped from a train that had halted on Dinting Viaduct?
... that Joan Waste, blind since birth, was burnt to death in 1556 for being a Protestant in Derby during the reign of Bloody Mary?
... that Stenson is home to the Stenson bubble?

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... that the Atlas Coelestis (pictured) is a star atlas published posthumously in 1729, based on the First Astronomer Royal's observations? (May 2011 1,200 hits)
... that Alfred E. Goodey collected and commissioned paintings to record the history of Derby?
... that English sculptor Ronald Pope learnt how to work with metals at Rolls-Royce during World War II?
... that Benjamin Vulliamy, who designed the clock that defined time at the Prime Meridian, also designed clocks with porcelain cases?
... that the 96,000 people who visited the The Derby Exhibition of 1839 were able to view a coconut?

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... that Joseph Wright of Derby's painting of Miravan's revulsion as he breaks open a tomb (detail pictured) is based on a story retold by John Gilbert Cooper? (June 2011 2,100 hits)
... that the bankrupt dandy "Champagne Charlie" sold his inheritance including the painting Earthstopper on the banks of the Derwent (detail pictured)?

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