Above: I’ve highlighted the earthworks in yellow on this map from the 1950s. And the C&HPR line in green Watford Farm lies on a popular walk into the Goyt Valley from Buxton (walk 21). On the right, as you approach the farmhouse from Cavendish Golf Course,...
Above: A wonderful view looking down Bunsall Incline as it was being resurfaced. It was once the longest and steepest of six inclines on the Cromford & High Peak Railway, but had been abandoned in 1892 when an easier route was opened through Buxton. Today...
Above: The orange circle above left shows the track leading down to the stepping stones from behind Goytshead Farm. I’ve also circled both sets of stepping stones on the old map of Goyt’s Bridge – the main ones over the Goyt in blue, and the second set in orange. A...
Above: A Google Earth satellite image of Tunnel Farm at bottom right. I’ve superimposed the orange line to show the route of the tunnel into the valley. Many thanks to Mary on the Burbage Facebook Group for posting these two photos she found on ebay. They show...
Above: The 1979 Ford Granada was recovered first, followed a week later by the Fiat Punto. (Photos Christopher Watmough & Sheila Higton.) Many of the objects that have appeared above the surface of Errwood Reservoir during the recent drought have been fairly...
Above: The second half of the walk drops down from the old railway track towards Errwood Reservoir. Above: Click to play a ‘Relive’ of the walk, and use the expand button to view in full-screen. At just over two miles – half of it along the old...
Above: Fernilee Gunpowder Mill expanded significantly between 1846 and the late 1890s. The trees along the C&HPR track to the right also show that it had been abandoned. The detailed 1846 plans of the valley discovered by Alan Roberts for his research into the...
Above: The proposal to improve and extend the C&HPR was submitted in 1854, just 23 years after the line had been opened. Above: Bottom right is the exit of Burbage Tunnel and top left is the canal basin in Whaley Bridge. The yellow line is the original C&HPR...
Above: The proposed 1846 route of the MBMMJ railway would have cut right through the centre of Goyt’s Bridge. Above: Two of Alan’s books on local history; The Turnpike Roads Around Buxton and The Coal Mines of Buxton (co-authored with John Leach). My thanks to...
Above: The illustration was originally commissioned for the cover of a book on the Cromford & High Peak Railway. Above: Click to view the complete ‘colourised’ image. The internet can be blamed for a host of social ills, but it does have its uses. I...
