The Old Bell Hotel, Derby

[1] The coaching inns of England have played an important part in the social history of the country, being used as auction houses, meeting places for all manner of events, venues for concerts and evening medical surgeries, and The Old Bell Hotel was no different.

[2] The history of Sadler Gate stretches back to Derby's occupation by the Vikings where the street and surrounding area would probably have been quite recognisable to today's inhabitants.

[2] In 2013 The Old Bell Hotel was purchased by local businessman Paul Hurst who invested £1m on restoring the building to capture its original past; it reopened in July 2015.

[6] The Old Bell Hotel has numerous ghost stories and tales from its 350-year history, and has featured on TV shows including Most Haunted.

One story concerns a former maid at the inn named Mabel who was said to have hanged herself in her room after discovering she was pregnant.