• In 1489, Longnor had four time-zones - MostEast, NearEast, NearWest, FarthestWest
• Legend has it that Robin Hood spent his honeymoon in Longnor
• It only rains round here on Thursday, and it is never cold
• There is a long-running chess match between fierce rival teams the Longnorites, the Longnorish, and the Longnorians
• The band of minstrels and court-jesters that roamed the area in Elizabethan times is now known as Longnor Players

And with an element of veracity:

• There were plans in the 70s to make the upper Manifold valley a reservoir
• The last choirmaster of Longnor church used to make the choir sing unaccompanied
• All the main routes into Longnor meet around the middle of the village
• A few years ago, somebody fell off their brand-new bike, outside Trevor's shop