Portal:Derbyshire/Fascinating Fact/7


 * ... 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.?

Source

 * DYK archive Jan 2009
 * DYK archive Jan 2009
 * DYK archive Jan 2009
 * DYK archive Jan 2009