Above: This is the only photo I’ve managed to find of a train on the C&HP Railway line as it approaches the Goyt Valley section. It’s a view across Burbage, southwest of Buxton. It’s just possible to make out Buxton’s famous dome in the far distance. The Cromford...
Above: Just a few of the wonderful postcards from Corrie’s collection on the Cat & Fiddle Inn. Click here to view them all. Above: These old postcards are photographs rather than prints, so haven’t been reduced to a series of dots. This means they...
Above: The rhododendrons in full bloom are a magnificent sight. I took this photo in June a few years ago, along the approach to Errwood Hall (see walk 7). Above: This clipping from an 1883 edition of the Derbyshire Times (click to enlarge) waxes...
Above: Our travellers walked from Goyt’s Bridge along the lane towards Derbyshire Bridge. The photo shows three children in front of the mill workers cottages at Goytsclough, which Strephon mentions in his article. They eventually reach a ‘solitary little...
Above: Goyt’s Bridge and the Goyt Valley were very popular spots for both artists and photographers. And picturesque postcards were sold in their thousands to the many visitors who came here. There are some wonderful views in the...
Above: This wonderful etching of Buxton’s Pavilion Gardens appears as the frontispiece in Strephon’s ‘Pilgrimages in the Peak’, first published in 1879. Click the image at the bottom of the page to view the complete illustration. Above:...
Above: I’ve tried to match features in the painting with an old map of Goyt’s Bridge. 1: The artist’s position and direction of view. 2: The small bridge over Shooter’s Clough as it meets the Goyt. 3: The...
Above: I’ve tried to show the position of the stones on this old OS map. It’s about 30m from the small pond on the path along Shooter’s Clough. Walks 7, 8 and 15 all pass this pond. It was once a ventilation shaft for Castedge coal mine, and is...
Above: Goyt’s Moss Farm once stood beside the Macclesfield to Buxton road (click to enlarge map). Image added: 7th January 2017 Scene: A painting of Goyt’s Moss Farm, which once stood close to today’s Peak District Rangers’ hut at...
Above: I’ve highlighted the camera view in green. The photographer was standing beside the small packhorse bridge, alongside Wildmoorestone Brook as it joins the River Goyt. Goytshead Farm is just behind. Many thanks to Mike for sending this postcard of the...
