Portal:Derbyshire/Fascinating Fact/9


 * ... that Anchor Church had its caves extended to be a summerhouse for Sir Francis Burdett?
 * ... that Wright of Derby's painting of Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene depicts Juliet (pictured) saying her final line "... Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger!" in Shakespeare's play?
 * ...that Botany Bay is in Derbyshire?
 * ... that the Derby Gilbert & Sullivan Company has been champion of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival six times?
 * ...that Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe, 10th Baronet banned cars from his house at Calke Abbey?

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 * June 2009
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