Portal:Derbyshire/Picture Archive/October 2008
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![One of the Bretby Ponds](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bretby_Pond.jpg/270px-Bretby_Pond.jpg)
In 1585, Thomas Stanhope bought the manor house which was known as Bretby Hall at Bretby which is close to Staffordshire. This is a photograph of one of the ponds taken recently and generously donated.