Throw in the county’s dialect and Derbyshire residents’ fondness for shortening place names or giving them nicknames and it’s little wonder that interlopers can get a bit lost.
Here are a few names that can cause confusion….and their correct pronunciations.
9. Edensor
Visitors to this beautiful village on the Chatsworth estate just up the road from the Duke and Duchess's stately home could easily be forgiven for calling it eden-saw....the garden of Eden surely couldn't have looked prettier! But the correct pronunciation is en-zer. Photo: Michael Hardy
10. Rowsley
Should it be row-sley to rhyme with how or roe-sley to chime with toe? The second pronunciation is correct. Photo: Google