Portal:Derbyshire/Fascinating Fact/1

... that Alfred Seale Haslam, Mayor of Derby, became rich from keeping meat cool on its way from the British colonies?
... that St Helen's Priory became a hospital in 1160, after its canons transferred to Darley Abbey?
... that a message of farewell to Buxton and its waters, scratched onto a window pane of the Old Hall Hotel, was reputedly inscribed by Mary Queen of Scots?
... that Joseph Whittaker, who has 2,200 pressed plants in Derby Museum, sold 300 South Australian plants to Kew Gardens?
... that Harrington Bridge is a listed building, except for the central section which crosses the River Trent into Derbyshire?
... that Fred Forman scored two goals in England's 13–2 win over Ireland?