Derbyshire
About Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester to the north-west, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the north and north-east, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west. The city of Derby is the largest settlement.
On the show — 15 mentions total
There's one that's still played in England, in Derbyshire, in Ashburn, where you keep playing until you score a goal, or until 10pm, whichever comes sooner, you just knock off. Because people would die quite often, and there are lots of records of people dying playing Rugby, partly because people used to carry knives in sheaths on their belts.
from 284: No Such Thing As Salty Yeti Bones, 2019-08-30 at 00:29:01 · read transcript
Other times Derbyshire came up
It's just people with arms hanging off you didn't know what was real and what wasn't. I found out that Bungay in East Anglia has the highest number of Satanists in the UK. Oh, do they? I'd like to take issue with that. Would you? Because I think it's bolsteries. over in Derbyshire. How many has Bolsover got? 17 in 2011. 17. 17. 17 in Bungay. But it might be relative to population. I don't know how big Bungay is. Sounds tiny.
No Such Thing As Republican Barbie, 2023-10-19 · listen
I will argue with you for like half an hour that Universal's rides are terrible compared to Disney's, but we do not have the time for that. Have you heard of Jebediah Buxton? No, I don't think so. My favourite plaque-e in the UK, lived in Derbyshire. The label is Mental Calculator. Jebediah Buxton lived in the early 18th century. We think he was an autistic savant, people who could do unbelievable calculations in their head.
No Such Thing As Worrying About What Might Happen, 2020-12-31 · listen
In the UK, right. Supposedly because... People in Buxton got it. Maybe. Maybe. Lots of bits of Derbyshire are quite far from the sea, and seafood contains... All of us, in fact. Some bits are closer than others. You're right, the exact centre of Derbyshire is a long way from the sea. And the seafood contains lots of iodine. Maybe people living in the less sea adjacent which obviously doesn't touch the sea We're getting a bit less Just on iodine It's very useful in other ways I actually remember this is just personal But I remember having to drink iodine water Have you guys ever drunk that?
No Such Thing As A Computer Tower, 2024-01-18 · listen
Coordinates: 53.1800, -1.6100