Patterson Mark. Roman Derbyshire

Five Leaves Publications, 2015. — 350 p.Derbyshire was the centre of Roman Britain. Derby, Chesterfield, Buxton and the White Peaks were the homes of forts, farms, garrisons and populations, and the county was criss-crossed by Roman roads. Their story was one of resistance from local tribes and the production of beautiful objects including Derbyshire Ware potter. Roman Derbyshire has left a range of antiquities and coin-hoards. There are also stories of lost antiquities and legends of those left behind when the Romans withdrew, with some suggesting that local dialect words carry a record of a continued Roman influence down the centuries.Mark Patterson is a freelance journalist who writes regularly for the Nottingham Post, The Independent, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and the BBC, the BBC/The Space digital arts website as well as magazines such as Living for Tomorrow, Nottinghamshire Today, Staffordshire Life, Derbyshire Life, The Northumbrian, Creative Teaching and Writing. His Roman Nottinghamshire was shortlisted for the Current Archaeology Book of the Year.