Views in Camera
Ladybower Reservoir water level & Derwent Village, GE view with 1922 map overlay.
This is a view of the area discussed in the following two videos, relating the Village of Derwent, flooded in the middle years of the 20th century to permit the damming of the 3rd in a series of three large reservoirs, on the Derwent River. The outline of the water can be seen, taken from a Google Earth view of the area as it currently looks, along with the 1922 map overlay of the area, showing details of the village which seemingly changed little over the 50 years before it was flooded. MAny of the features in the two videos can be discerned-
Mill Brook, Bridge-end Farm, the Valve House, St. James & St. John's Church, the Vicarage, Derwent Hall, Derwent School, the Derwent Footbridge, Wellhead, the School, the Fish Pond with its 2 islands, outside Derwent Hall, St. Henry's R.C. Chapel, The Shooting Lodge, still extant and seen in the second video and Ashes Farm. What IS also of significant note on the 1922 map, is the railway line which ran along the Derwent Valley from a junction on the Midland's Hope Valley line between Bamford and Hope, the line continuing along north to Howden and Derwent. It was the only means by which the huge amounts of material could be brought in to build, first, Howden Reservoir, then when it became quickly evident that the volume of water in that reservoir was insufficient, the line was also used to bring materials in, and take waste out, for the later building of Derwent Reservoir. A small section of the line can be seen in the lower left-hand corner of the map, the majority of the line's formation is now the road, also visible on the GE view underneath the map, which takes motor vehicles along from the A57 at Ashopton along past the Fairholmes cafe, cycle shop and car park, past the Derwent Museum and Reservoir head and then on up to Howden Reservoir head, along the edge of its waters to finally come to the north-end and the bridge which allows passage over the River Derwent; from here walkers and cyclists can then come all the way back along the eastern side of the 3 bodies of water and back to the Ashopton Viaduct on the A57, very good indeed and a fine place to have on one's doorstep.
Ladybower Reservoir water level & Derwent Village, GE view with 1922 map overlay.
This is a view of the area discussed in the following two videos, relating the Village of Derwent, flooded in the middle years of the 20th century to permit the damming of the 3rd in a series of three large reservoirs, on the Derwent River. The outline of the water can be seen, taken from a Google Earth view of the area as it currently looks, along with the 1922 map overlay of the area, showing details of the village which seemingly changed little over the 50 years before it was flooded. MAny of the features in the two videos can be discerned-
Mill Brook, Bridge-end Farm, the Valve House, St. James & St. John's Church, the Vicarage, Derwent Hall, Derwent School, the Derwent Footbridge, Wellhead, the School, the Fish Pond with its 2 islands, outside Derwent Hall, St. Henry's R.C. Chapel, The Shooting Lodge, still extant and seen in the second video and Ashes Farm. What IS also of significant note on the 1922 map, is the railway line which ran along the Derwent Valley from a junction on the Midland's Hope Valley line between Bamford and Hope, the line continuing along north to Howden and Derwent. It was the only means by which the huge amounts of material could be brought in to build, first, Howden Reservoir, then when it became quickly evident that the volume of water in that reservoir was insufficient, the line was also used to bring materials in, and take waste out, for the later building of Derwent Reservoir. A small section of the line can be seen in the lower left-hand corner of the map, the majority of the line's formation is now the road, also visible on the GE view underneath the map, which takes motor vehicles along from the A57 at Ashopton along past the Fairholmes cafe, cycle shop and car park, past the Derwent Museum and Reservoir head and then on up to Howden Reservoir head, along the edge of its waters to finally come to the north-end and the bridge which allows passage over the River Derwent; from here walkers and cyclists can then come all the way back along the eastern side of the 3 bodies of water and back to the Ashopton Viaduct on the A57, very good indeed and a fine place to have on one's doorstep.