by DownInDevon | Jan 18, 2022 | Derbyshire, Peak District
A UK Staycation venue for 2022 Choose Derbyshire and the Peak District Each year surveys are published about the places best known as staycation destinations for a holiday in England. The top five nearly always include Cornwall, Devon, the Lake District and North... 
by DownInDevon | Apr 21, 2020 | Derbyshire, Matlock
Florence Nightingale’s legacy still resonates today Florence Nightingale’s legacy still resonates today and with the new Nightingale hospitals, built in response to the Covid 19 outbreak, her pioneering work is once again at the fore. Who was Florence Nightingale? The... 
by DownInDevon | Aug 14, 2019 | Matlock, What's On
The Matlock Bath Illuminations What are the Matlock Bath Illuminations? Each year, Matlock Bath stages the illuminated boat procession along the River Derwent. The first procession of candle lit boats took place in 1897, to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.... 
by DownInDevon | Oct 31, 2016 | Matlock
Matlock Remembrance Day Remembrance Day is on 11 November each year It commemorates all those who have fallen in the two World Wars (1914-1918 and 1939-1945) and later conflicts. It was originally known as Armistice Day, but was renamed Remembrance Day after the... 
by DownInDevon | Oct 22, 2016 | Matlock
The history of Knowleston Place in Matlock Glendon (number 7) is part of the row of four grand Early Victorian residences built between 1857 and 1858 by local industrialist John Knowles on Knowleston Place. The properties were described as beautiful villas, with...