History in Derbyshire – Page 2 – Country Images Magazine

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Haddon Hall – A Sleeping Tudor Beauty

February 2, 2023 Alistair Plant

by Brian Spencer “What we see today is basically the unaltered fortified manor house developed between the late 12th century, and 1620 when the last and minor ‘improvements’ were made” One autumn evening a few decades ago, driving home along the A6, just short of the entrance to Haddon Hall I was stopped by a […]

MC Jan STAPENHILL HALL FROM KITCHEN GDN c 1905

Lost Houses

Lost Houses of Derbyshire – Stapenhill Hall

December 30, 2022 Alistair Plant

By Maxwell Craven Derbyshire lost more parishes to Staffordshire than it gained under the local government reforms of 1887 and thereafter: Clifton Campville, Croxall, Edingale, Winshill and Stapenhill among them. The desire of the Borough Burton-upon-Trent to increase rating revenue, for instance, added to a sort of municipal tidy mindedness, resulting in the transfer in […]

Lost Houses

The Lost Houses of Derbyshire – Old Thornbridge Hall – Ashford in the Water

January 25, 2022 VickyP

Thornbridge was once part of the estate of the Longsdon family of Little Longstone, who claim a descent (never securely sorted out, but nevertheless highly likely) from Serlo de Longstone living around 1100 and, although the estate was held by that family (latterly spelling their name Longsdon) from the twelfth century until 1790, there seems […]

Walks

Walk Derbyshire – A Walk from Grin Low & Buxton Country Park

November 27, 2021 Alistair Plant

There are not many walks claiming to start downhill, but this one does (although the height lost must be regained at the end, but nothing is perfect, is it?) The walk starts from the car park accessing Solomon’s Temple before dropping down to the centre of Buxton and its Pavilion Gardens, returning by way of […]

Lost Houses of Derbyshire – The Devonshire Hospital

October 26, 2017 VickyP

Someone mentioned to me the other day that there were many other lost houses of historic and architectural importance apart from country mansions and town gentry houses and why didn’t I write about something just slightly different every now and again? Well, often the problem is that a paucity of images prevents one from doing […]