Portal:Derbyshire/Fascinating Fact/1


 * ... 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?