Finding Errwood Farm

Oct 22, 2015 | 3 comments

Above: The old photo superimposed on exactly the same position in the landscape today (click to enlarge). My thanks to George for sending it.
Sarah Dugdale sent a message back in 2013 saying her grandparents once lived at Errwood Farm. But that although she understood it had been the lowest-lying farm not to be submerged, she’s been unable to locate the ruins. Click here to read her message on the Guestbook page.

I’ve found an old photo marked ‘Errwood Farm’ (above). But haven’t been able to find it marked on any of the old pre-reservoirs maps. But I’m now wondering whether it’s the buildings shown on the map below as ‘Errwood’. I think the curved stone walls on the fields opposite could be those marked ‘Barker Brow’ on the map.

The track on the bottom left of the map is the old Roman road, The Street, and heads up from the main car park towards Pym Chair. I’ve also overlaid the two reservoirs in pale blue – Fernilee to the north and Errwood below – to show where the ruins could lie.

I no longer live in Buxton, otherwise I’d nip out to check. But I think I can recall some stones in the grass around here which could well have been the ruins of Errwood Farm. So if anyone fancies a challenge, it would be great to answer Sarah’s quest to find where her grandparents had lived. And any photos would be an added bonus – particularly if you could get the same angle with the field walls in the distance.

If you think you can help, simply add a comment below. Or click here to send me a message.

Page updates

  • Click here to view a more recent page about Errwood Farm, with census records of the families who once lived here.
  • And click here to view a composite image of the farmhouse superimposed on today’s landscape, with ‘then and now’ fades.
Topic tags (click for similar posts): Farmhouses | Goyt's Bridge

3 Comments

  1. Alec Brocklehurst on October 27, 2015 at 10:10 am

    Yes the map above shows Errwood Farm and the picture does look like the Farmhouse with Long Hill in the backgroung and the end of Calfhay Wood where the trees are visable over the roof, Barker Brow is further to the right. If you look at the map from 1842 (which I can email you as a jpeg) the house is marked with the porch defined as you can see in the photo. The farm buildings are to the right of the photo out of shot. Not sure if any ruins are left as I havent been down there in a while but I grew up about a mile away at Oldfield.

    Many thanks, Alec. I’ll pass the info on to Sarah. David

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    • Sarah Dugdale on August 30, 2024 at 7:43 am

      It was me who made the enquiry regarding Errwood Farm. My grandparents were the Dugdales who someone mentioned above as advertising stays and were the last residents. I am currently staying in Bakewell and am hoping to get there today for a look around. Thank you for the map and image. This definitely matches the photos I have at home.

      Thanks Sarah. Do you have any more photos of Errwood Farm, or any taken in the Valley at a similar time? David

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  2. George on June 13, 2017 at 3:48 pm

    Reading through your wonderful webpages I came across the query about Errwood Farm back in 2015. I regularly walk past their beautiful place and have a number of photos of it. I have also superimposed a picture of the old farm on to it so I could fully see what it would have been like.

    Many thanks George. I’ve posted your image above. David

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