Click to enlarge any of the images on this page. Above: A group of walkers in high summer cross the stepping stones with their dogs heading towards Gatehouse Cottage in the distance. The Stepping Stones feature in the 1932 cine film of Goyt’s Bridge. Click here...
Above: I think this photo was taken at the same time as the 1932 cine film of Goyt’s Bridge (click to view). Click on any of the photos below to enlarge. Above: This is the oldest photo I’ve seen of the bridge, with a footpath leading up to a gate into...
Above: Dated 1883, this photo shows a group of the Grimshawes’ friends, posing on the bridge (from left to right): T Brooks, J O’Neal, DeLisle, EC Warner, F Parker, W Paget, F Gaskell (cousin of the Grimshawes), J Brooks & F Paget. It’s one of a...
Click any of the photos below to view a larger image. The gates beside Errwood Cottage lead up to Errwood Hall. It’s just possible to spot the roof-tops of the hall amongst the trees in the far distance. This view shows it was two cottages rather than one....
Click any image to enlarge. Above: This photo shows the suspension bridge being dismantled during the construction of Errwood Reservoir in the mid 1960s. From RS-S: This is quite an interesting old photograph taken before the flooding of the Valley. It...
Above: A wonderful photo taken of Goyt’s Bridge pupils outside their single room, wooden-built school, probably taken in the early 1920s. The tall boy at the back may be Joe Hewitt, son of the Castedge Mine Manager. There are some reports...
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...
