Portal:Derbyshire/Fascinating Fact

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Please place any 'Fascinating Facts' you want featured on the portal, with a # next to them. They will then be used in rotation each week, in groups of 5, so please feel free to add some!

  1. ...that John Joseph Briggs, the author of a history of the original Melbourne (in Derbyshire), corresponded with Charles Darwin regarding the fins of a fish? - 25 September 2007 to 30 September 2007
  2. ...the Melbourne Hall has its own article - 25 September 2007 to 30 September 2007
  3. ...that Derby School was moved out of St Helen's House, Derby, as the building was unsafe... and the council then used it? - 25 September 2007 to 30 September 2007
  4. ...that Samuel Pegge published a book on cury? - 30 September 2007 to 29 October 2007
  5. ...that Derbyshire had its first wikipedia portal in September 2007? - 30 September 2007 to 29 October 2007
  6. ...that Henry de Ferrers was given most of Derbyshire in the eleventh century? - 30 September 2007 to 29 October 2007
  7. ...that Old Whittington was where the replacement of a King was agreed? 29 October 2007 to 8 December 2007
  8. ...that Lullington has a picture of a finger post that you can click on to get to eight different places? 29 October 2007 to 7 December 2007
  9. ...that you can click on the map on the Derbyshire article to hyperlink to other articles? 29 October 2007 to 8 December 2007
  10. ...that Edward James, born near Breaston and educated at Derby School, was burnt at the stake in 1588 and beatified in 1929? 8 December 2007 to 17 December 2007
  11. ...that Lawrence Beesley, an Old Derbeian from Wirksworth, survived the sinking of the Titanic and wrote a book about it? 7 December 2007 to 17 December 2007
  12. ...that John Flamsteed of Derby became the first Astronomer Royal in 1675? 8 December 2007 to 17 December 2007
  13. ...that George the First, Diana, Princess of Wales, George Washington and Winston Churchill were descended from Henry de Ferrers who built Tutbury and Duffield Castle 8 December 2007 to 17 December 2007
  14. ... that Charles Fox of Derby drove the Novelty locomotive in the Rainhill trials 8 December 2007 to 17 December 2007
  15. ... that Derby is where British Railways developed the HST and the APT high speed trains? 17 December to current
  16. ... that Derby is the headquarters of Rolls-Royce plc, the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world? 17 December to current
  17. ...that Charles Darwin's grandad and second cousin both lived in Derbyshire? 17 December to current
  18. ...that Ilam Hall near Ashbourne is in Staffordshire? 17 December to current
  19. ...that Jedediah Buxton, a human calculator was born in Elmton? 17 December to current
  20. ...that the Rolls-Royce Conway,a turbofan engine, was the first commercial aero engine to be awarded clearance to operate for periods up to 10,000 hours between major overhauls?
  21. ...that the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata - the seat of the Governor-General during the Raj - was built on the lines of Kedleston Hall,Derbyshire?
  22. ...that Swarkestone Bridge has a site owned by the Landmark Trust?
  23. ... that the North Midland Railway built the first ever railway roundhouse at their Derby Works
  24. ...that Botany Bay is in Derbyshire?
  25. ... that Derby railway station was originally known as the "Tri Junct Station" and was one of the most important stations of its day.
  26. ... that the 9th century St Wystan was entombed in St Wystan's church, Repton, alongside his grandfather King Wiglaf of Mercia?
  27. ...that Ebenezer Rhodes went bust publishing stuff about Derbyshire?
  28. ...that editors can find free Derbyshire pictures here
  29. ...that Ann Moore (imposter) was born in Rosliston?
  30. ...that Mary Howitt's 1829 poem was runner up children's book in October 2007?
  31. ...that Edward La Trobe Bateman, a Pre-Raphaelite was probably born in Derbyshire?
  32. ... that Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire is a place of interest to people in Derbyshire?
  33. ... that Charles Paget was given Weston-on-Trent despite helping Mary, Queen of Scots?
  34. ... that John Port School is named after the man who started Repton School?
  35. ... that you can now listen to the way "Derbyshire" listen  is pronounced, and a number of other places in the county, if you have a media player plugin such as VLC media player
  36. ... that the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein conducted aeronautical research at Chunal in Derbyshire?