Hayfield to the Royal Hotel, was purchased by the club in 1976 after famous ex-resident Arthur Lowe helped raise the necessary £5,000. There are several natural springs within Hayfield village, some of which once supplied part of the village's water. These are no longer in active use, although are 'dressed' yearly in well dressing ceremonies. Although classed as being in the East Midlands, Hayfield is at the northern extremity of the region and falls more within the influence of Manchester and Stockport in North West England. Some kind of settlement has been in existence in Hayfield since Roman times, and possibly
Mir Dad Khan Khan; and his great-grandsons include Yousuf Ayub Khan and Omar Ayub Khan. Mir Dad Khan Risaldar Khan Bahadur Mir Dad Khan , OBI (died ), was a native officer of the British Indian Army, who belonged to the Hazara region of the North West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakthunkhwa in Pakistan). He was the father of former Pakistani president Ayub Khan and the Muslim League stalwart Sardar Bahadur Khan Mir Dad Khan was born into a prominent family of the ethnic Pashtun Tareen/Tarin clan, settled in village Rehana in the Haripur District of the Hazara region. After some basic schooling,