Above: a long line of giant boulders now borders the previously open parking areas at Goytsclough. Forestry England has closed off the popular parking areas in Goytsclough with a line of large boulders. A notice explains that they’ve taken what they say was a...
Above: The photo was taken from the slopes surrounding Goytsclough Quarry, looking south along the road to Derbyshire Bridge.The River Goyt runs along the valley to the left. A mill lade flowing from the river along the hillside supplied water to the giant waterwheel....
Above: The circled area of the postcard includes the ruins of the paint mill, as well as Goytsclough Farm high on the hillside, and the paint mill cottages. Zooming into the ruins of the mill seems to show an area of stone walling which I think may have housed...
Above: The cottages at Goytsclough would probably have housed the mill manager’s family. I’ve just created a ‘then & now’ fade featuring one of my favourite views of the Goyt Valley (see below). The photo must have been taken around the end...
Above: the mill lade started from this small stone and concrete sluice that spans the River Goyt a short distance from Derbyshire Bridge. A channel on the right snaked across the hill side, all the way to the mill pond above the giant waterwheel at Goytsclough. I...
Above: The writer mentions these cottages which once stood between the stone quarry and the paint mill. A rectangular shape on the ground is all that remains today. The waterwheel would have been behind the slope to the right. (Click here for more on the cottages.) My...
Above: This is the clearest photo I’ve managed to find of the ruins of the paint mill. The 1890s map shows where it once lay – at Goytsclough, on the narrow road between Derbyshire Bridge and Goyt’s Bridge. I’ve also highlighted where I think...
Above: Judging by the children’s clothes, I’d guess this photo must date back to the early 1900s, perhaps even earlier. The stream runs down Deep Clough and would have powered the mill. Additional water was provided by a man-made channel...
