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!
- ...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
- ...the Melbourne Hall has its own article - 25 September 2007 to 30 September 2007
- ...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
- ...that Samuel Pegge published a book on cury? - 30 September 2007 to 29 October 2007
- ...that Derbyshire had its first wikipedia portal in September 2007? - 30 September 2007 to 29 October 2007
- ...that Henry de Ferrers was given most of Derbyshire in the eleventh century? - 30 September 2007 to 29 October 2007
- ...that Old Whittington was where the replacement of a King was agreed? 29 October 2007 to 8 December 2007
- ...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
- ...that you can click on the map on the Derbyshire article to hyperlink to other articles? 29 October 2007 to 8 December 2007
- ...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
- ...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
- ...that John Flamsteed of Derby became the first Astronomer Royal in 1675? 8 December 2007 to 17 December 2007
- ...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
- ... that Charles Fox of Derby drove the Novelty locomotive in the Rainhill trials 8 December 2007 to 17 December 2007
- ... that Derby is where British Railways developed the HST and the APT high speed trains? 17 December to current
- ... that Derby is the headquarters of Rolls-Royce plc, the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world? 17 December to current
- ...that Charles Darwin's grandad and second cousin both lived in Derbyshire? 17 December to current
- ...that Ilam Hall near Ashbourne is in Staffordshire? 17 December to current
- ...that Jedediah Buxton, a human calculator was born in Elmton? 17 December to current
- ...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?
- ...that the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata - the seat of the Governor-General during the Raj - was built on the lines of Kedleston Hall,Derbyshire?
- ...that Swarkestone Bridge has a site owned by the Landmark Trust?
- ... that the North Midland Railway built the first ever railway roundhouse at their Derby Works
- ...that Botany Bay is in Derbyshire?
- ... that Derby railway station was originally known as the "Tri Junct Station" and was one of the most important stations of its day.
- ... that the 9th century St Wystan was entombed in St Wystan's church, Repton, alongside his grandfather King Wiglaf of Mercia?
- ...that Ebenezer Rhodes went bust publishing stuff about Derbyshire?
- ...that editors can find free Derbyshire pictures here
- ...that Ann Moore (imposter) was born in Rosliston?
- ...that Mary Howitt's 1829 poem was runner up children's book in October 2007?
- ...that Edward La Trobe Bateman, a Pre-Raphaelite was probably born in Derbyshire?
- ... that Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire is a place of interest to people in Derbyshire?
- ... that Charles Paget was given Weston-on-Trent despite helping Mary, Queen of Scots?
- ... that John Port School is named after the man who started Repton School?
- ... 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
- ... that the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein conducted aeronautical research at Chunal in Derbyshire?