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