Above: Yours truly pictured at the ruins of Errwood Hall with ITV Calendar presenter, Kerrie Gosney, and camera man (name to follow). My fleeting moment of fame lasted only a few minutes. But it provided a reason for returning to the valley after my recent move south....
Above: The old pump room has completely vanished! It was quite an eye-sore so I’m not sorry to see it go. And it means the footpath to Taxal has finally reopened. It’s taken almost a year, but the footpath between Fernilee and Taxal, past the old pump...
Above: George’s composite photo of Errwood Farm alongside an 1888 map. The blue areas are today’s twin reservoirs, and the green dashes show the old north-south route through the valley. Above: Click image to enlarge. My thanks to George for sending a...
Above: The green dashes show the road from Goyt’s Bridge as it passes Masters Farm (above left and circled on the map) and winds down the valley towards the nearby Gunpowder Mill, and on to Fernilee and then Whaley Bridge. The blue area shows the...
Above: There’s quite a change from the 1888 map on the left and a satellite image today. Fernilee Reservoir to the north was opened in 1937. Work on Errwood Reservoir was postponed because of the war. And was eventually declared open in 1968. The...
Above: Click to view a larger image of the painting. If anyone can help identify the artist, please get in touch. Or leave a comment below. Above: The artist’s signature (click to enlarge). Can anyone make it out? Above: The shrine today, taken by Gail under...
Above: Click to view a larger image of the painting. Mike has just found this wonderful oil painting of Goyt’s Bridge in Buxton Museum’s art collection. The artist is shown as GM Brown with a date of late 19th century, but there are no other details....
Above: I find it fascinating to compare the Victorian maps with today’s satellite images. On the left is the hamlet of Goyt’s Bridge from the 1888 OS map. And on the right is a satellite photo showing the scene today – the southern tip...
Above: These winter views are from Corrie’s collection of old postcards. An old lady in a red shawl with her basket of shopping walks beside the Goyt. And the Cat & Fiddle Inn in deep snow – which was probably the ‘lone hostel on the...
Above: There are very few good quality colour photos of the Goyt Valley before the construction of the twin reservoirs. This one comes from Corrie’s collection of old postcards and shows a view over the stepping stones in Goyt’s Bridge, as the Goyt...
