Sheffield History Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Construction of Ashopton Viaduct and Ladybower Reservoir. Pic credit: picturesheffield.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Isn’t this the same subject as below..... sort of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rover1949 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I have occasionally been fly fishing on Ladybower, using one of the rowing boats. If you row under the viaduct towards Derwent it seems you can nearly touch the top of the arches. The water must be very deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Film about Derwent Valley Reservoirs and Dams 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 On 10/06/2018 at 21:16, rover1949 said: I have occasionally been fly fishing on Ladybower, using one of the rowing boats. If you row under the viaduct towards Derwent it seems you can nearly touch the top of the arches. The water must be very deep. No chance of touching the arches this week rover1941 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Some photographs of Derwent Village, i`m not sure what buildings these ruins were part of! can anyone enlighten me as to what they are? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Looks like a fireplace, a pillar and other bits of what’s left of Derwent Hall to me? The pillar can be seen, just left of centre in this old photo... http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s32335&pos=310&action=zoom&id=105001 Other info on Derwent Hall here http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?searchterms=Derwent_hall&action=search&keywords=all%3BCONTAINS%3B%Derwent_hall%%3B http://www.lostheritage.org.uk/houses/lh_derbyshire_derwenthall.html http://peakinthepast.co.uk/blog/derwent-hall-resurrecting-the-records-buried-in-the-archives-which-shine-a-light-on-the-secrets-of-the-17th-century-house-submerged-beneath-a-reservoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Probably of no interest to anyone else, but one of the photos here shows the location of my Dad’s bench, sited and dedicated to his memory for almost twenty years now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 On 24/10/2018 at 21:09, RLongden said: Looks like a fireplace, a pillar and other bits of what’s left of Derwent Hall to me? The pillar can be seen, just left of centre in this old photo... http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s32335&pos=310&action=zoom&id=105001 Other info on Derwent Hall here http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?searchterms=Derwent_hall&action=search&keywords=all%3BCONTAINS%3B%Derwent_hall%%3B http://www.lostheritage.org.uk/houses/lh_derbyshire_derwenthall.html http://peakinthepast.co.uk/blog/derwent-hall-resurrecting-the-records-buried-in-the-archives-which-shine-a-light-on-the-secrets-of-the-17th-century-house-submerged-beneath-a-reservoir Thanks for the links RLongden. In one of the links about the Hall it says Charles Boot carried out the demolition of the Hall, wasn't he the guy who demolished Clumber House after it was destroyed by fire? Next time I'm out at Derwent I'll look out for your dad's bench! In the early seventies i installed some heating in the building called the Old House over on the opposite side of the reservoir from your dad's bench, if I'm remembering correctly it was leased at the time to a Mr Ollerenshaw JP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Yes, you’re correct about that and most of the treasures from Clumber House were either relocated to Thornbridge Hall (Boot’s own Stately pile in Derbyshire), or else sold off and shipped across the Atlantic. Our export controls weren’t what they are now, so most of our historical masterpieces were bought up by the American wealthy, who had none of their own. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clumber_Park http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/eastmidlands/series6/grand_designs.shtml Sutton Scarsdale Hall is another example of this, just West of the M1, below J29 is now all but a shell, after being dismantled brick-by-brick, by a US billionaire, who wanted to rebuild it exactly as it was, somewhere Stateside. They meticulously took everything apart (the roof, the wall panels, the floorboards, everything) and packed in into crates, for the ocean voyage to the US. The story goes that before the project could be completed, the Wall Street crash ruined the billionaire and he had no money to carry on. What was left of the house in Derbyshire just stands as a gutted shell and all the crates of materials stripped from the house and shipped over, were left in storage, never to be rebuilt. At least that what I read somewhere? It’s not strictly speaking what is says on “Wiki” however, but never let the truth get in the way of a good story eh? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Scarsdale_Hall As for Dad’s bench. He and Mum were frequent walkers around ‘the dams’, but whilst out on one of these strolls, he tragically collapsed and died not far from the spot where the bench now stands. It seemed fitting that his memorial should be here, in a place that he loved and surrounded by such beautiful scenery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopman Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Thursday 25th October: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Russell Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Today's Guardian... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/20/country-diary-lost-village-derwent-rises-from-mud-ladybower-derbyshire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rover1949 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I was there on Monday, - surprising how many folk were walking over the ruins. This is where they were:- https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=53.3943&lon=-1.7255&layers=6&right=BingHyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 .... and yet there’s always the mindless contingent that cannot just look and leave? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-46316985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Russell Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Looking at this post again I wondered how many of the stone carvings / gargoyles etc. were saved before the flooding. For instance, Peeping Tom from Derwent Hall stables is / was displayed at Losehill Hall Youth Hostel. There must have been many other pieces of stone work saved but where are they all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now