Portal:Derbyshire/Fascinating Fact/7
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![Church Gresley Church](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Church_Gresley_Church_St_Geo_and_St_Mary.jpg/100px-Church_Gresley_Church_St_Geo_and_St_Mary.jpg)
- ... 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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- DYK archive Jan 2009