During our visit to Bugsworth Basin we found out that the village where the basin is situated had it's name changed from Bugsworth to Buxworth. It is said that this was done as the people in the next village didn't like to be known as living next to bugs and the Pub in the basin called The Navigation was once run by Pat Phoenix, Coronation Street's Elsie Tanner. There is also a more sinister tale to tell about the basin. On Wednesday 26th October 1898 John Cotton murdered is wife, Hannah. The murder was committed in the cabin of a narrowboat moored in the basin. He was arrested the same day and sent for trial in Derby. He was hanged in Derby Jail on 21th December 1989. It is reputed that he was the last person to be hanged at the jail.