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Capital Of England --The Noah's Ark
The Noah's Ark The Noah's Ark, haunted by counterfeiter.
The River Gardens where
unexplained lights are seen.
The
Noah's Ark Tne particularly industrious person who used the
River Derwent in the 17th century was a gentleman by the name of Noah
Bullock, who built an 'ark' and moored it on the Derwent near the
Morledge. He lived on it with his wife, five daughters and four sons
whom he named Shem, Ham, Japhet and Benjamin. His religious devotion
ended there, however, as Bullock's occupation aboard his floating home
was the coining of counterfeit money.
In 1676 his crime - a capital offence in those days - was discovered
and Bullock appeared before the Recorder of Derby, Sir Simon Degge,
whom Noah knew well. The forger promised to end his activities, broke
up his ark and sank it in the River Derwent, thus escaping the hangman.
Today there is a public house in the Morledge bearing the name of
Noah's Ark, a link with a notorious Derby character from the 17th
century, who is said to haunt the pub.
C lose to the site where Noah Bullock may have built, moored and
eventually sank his ark, several river ghosts and strange lights which
erratically move and twist in a strange dance have been seen. There is
no explanation for these lights, apart from one medium who claims that
they are the lost souls of the dead seeking a pathway to the next life.
The
Noah's Ark
