DERBYSHIRE has long been a popular tourist destination. For centuries the crowds have flocked to fashionable towns like Buxton, and a large swathe of the county was incorporated into the UK’s first National Park in 1951. But below these surface level attractions lie stranger aspects of county life, which tourists don’t get to see.
In The A-Z of Curious Derbyshire you will learn about local traditions from hen racing to well dressing, meet local eccentrics like the Matlock Amazon and the Wild Man of Bakewell, and discover sites mystifyingly absent from the local tourist board brochures, including the Devil’s Shovel Full and the Buxton Shoe Tree.
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“Derbyshire Life readers have been treated to numerous fascinating and unique stories of local traditions and folklore in recent years and now, a book released this month will pull together an extensive and deeply-researched A-Z of our county’s proud heritage…”
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“A wonderful collection of Derbyshire traditions and folklore through the ages – with many of the stories based in fact.”
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