H.P Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Yes thats the last time I went 95.. gosh was it really that long ago.. I remember now because my eldest was still in his pram, and it got stuck in the sludge. I wonder if the big building I saw was the manor house, it did have a huge boundry wall and you could still see the outlines of the paths.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SputnikBoy Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 Great stories, guys. Please keep them coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 honeyplanet - it's very likely that the rubble was the ruins of Derwent Hall. You should also have noticed a single arched stone bridge which originally spanned the river. The biggest pile of stone which becomes visible during draughts is the remains of the church tower, blown up - as mentioned elsewhere on here - to deter 'tourists' from trying to get into and up it. From the few photographs available, it seems that the villages of Derwent and Ashopton were beautiful, idylic typically english little hamlets. Fortunately, I also believe the reservoirs are equally beautiful, albeit in their own way. The Time Flyers programme Plain Talker mentions was by far the best programme ever made on the history of the dams, their walls and the sunken villages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 That's a wonderful and atmospheric picture, ousetunes, of the viaduct, glowering over the remains of the village. thanks for sharing it with us. ( l love to see old photos like that one) Sorry to sound dumb, (yeah, yeah it's bit of a "blonde moment", here, I'm afraid !) but does that viaduct still exist, then?? Iis it part of the structure of the dam or is it also "lost to the waters"? (I ask because, obviously, the angle/ positioning of of the picture is in no way what can be seen today:- the vantage point is gone forever, and a different angle can make all the difference to the subject of a picture being recognised) PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Originally posted by Plain Talker That's a wonderful and atmospheric picture, ousetunes, of the viaduct, glowering over the remains of the village. thanks for sharing it with us. ( l love to see old photos like that one) Sorry to sound dumb, (yeah, yeah it's bit of a "blonde moment", here, I'm afraid !) but does that viaduct still exist, then?? Iis it part of the structure of the dam or is it also "lost to the waters"? (I ask because, obviously, the angle/ positioning of of the picture is in no way what can be seen today:- the vantage point is gone forever, and a different angle can make all the difference to the subject of a picture being recognised) edit to add, it probably would have been 1995 when the vilage was visible, because there was a strong drought that year. I remember the drought of 76, and the excitement of the news that the drowned villages had emerged from the waters then, too. Ah! Drat it! I hit "Quote" instead of "Edit" more "blonde" moments ! Sorry! PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Apparently, the remains of the hall's walled garden can be traced as an exceptionally large outline quite a distance from where the hall was. My mother-in-law and father-in-law used to regail me with stories of their cycle trips from Sheffield to Derwent Hall - hostel - in the nineteen forties. There is a bridge at the top of the reservoirs at Slippery Stones which used to stand in the village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 sort of on topic does anybody know anything about treeton dyke i used to hear stories about things in there, dont think its deep enough or large enough for a full village tho tbh lol used to go swimming there all the time through the late 70s / 80 amazing im still here really, with the pollution and leeches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonj Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Found some interesting photos of the church here, evidently taken from the aforementioned book 'Silent Valley'. Click on the thumbs.. Church Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Well, this pic explains why the viaduct (here) http://www.motorsportfotos.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=704&d=1094410814 looks so different and almost unrecogniseable Here! http://www.motorsportfotos.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=705&d=1094410896 God! what a difference, and to to think, all that height of the viaduct's "legs" is under the water right up, almost to the semicircle bit of the viaduct's arches. Man alive! that's astounding! I knew the waters were deep, but gosh! I never realised just HOW deep! PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopT Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I believe some of the stone carvings and stone roof decoration were taken from Derwent Hall and are currently used on Hathersage church and adjoining buildings. Maybe some historian out there could confirm this Happy Days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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