💡 Interesting Facts
ancient jousting battles near Smisby in Derbyshire provided the inspiration for a similar scene in the book Ivanhoe?a poem by William Newton led to an end to gibbeting corpses in Derbyshire?Shire Brook in Sheffield, England, was part of the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire for 900 years?Samuel Pegge, a Derbyshire antiquarian, published a book compiled by Richard II's cooks called Forme of Cury?the headmaster of Shardlow Hall, a school in Derbyshire, played soccer for England?the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site in Derbyshire, which includes a mixture of mills and workers' housing, is considered the birthplace of the factory system?the last man to be gibbetted in Derbyshire was hung in chains near Wardlow and Wardlow Mires (pictured) because he had the tollkeeper's red shoes?the The Bull Ring is a henge that was built in the late Neolithic period near Dove Holes in Derbyshire?the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata - the seat of the Governor-General during the Raj - was built on the lines of Kedleston Hall,Derbyshire?Rowen House School in Derbyshire was an "Educational experiment" that used the power of the childhood group in the same way as Summerhill School?Padfield in Derbyshire belonged to William the Conqueror, but was given away by his heirs, firstly Henry I, then Henry II and then Henry VIII?Ebenezer Rhodes (pictured), Sheffield's Master Cutler, was declared bankrupt after losing money publishing books about Derbyshire?Ann Moore - the fasting woman from Tutbury was actually from Rosliston in Derbyshire and she had not eaten "for nearly five years"?Anchor Church in Derbyshire had its caves extended to be a summerhouse for Sir Francis Burdett?Derbyshire M.P. George John Venables-Vernon who enthused about Italian literature is the namesake of Vernon County in Australia?Harrington Bridge is a listed building, except for the central section which crosses the River Trent into Derbyshire, England?Hungry Bentley, an abandoned village in Derbyshire, England, was named for the poor quality of its land?Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, was once the seat of Victorian Prime Minister, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, and thus is the ultimate origin for the naming of Melbourne, Australia?John Mawe, who studied the mineralogy of Derbyshire, was arrested as a spy in 1805 before publishing accounts of his travels in Brazil?John Joseph Briggs, the author of a history of the original Melbourne (in Derbyshire), corresponded regularly with Charles Darwin regarding the fins of a fish?Catherine Pegge from Derbyshire had a son who was named Charles like his heirless and exiled father, Charles II of England?