Ousetunes Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 The old village is under the Ladybower Reservoir and thats almost full. Kind of. Ashopton Village lies directly beneath the A57 Ashopton viaduct. There are pictures of the deserted village with the newly completed bridge rising high above it. To the best of my knowledge, the waters of Ladybower Reservoir have never been low enough to expose the ruins of this village. However, the waters don't have to drop too low before the ruins of Derwent village are exposed (which is up toward Derwent Wall). There is a stone building near the road that is always the first remain to be exposed when the waters drop. The ruins of Derwent Hall and the church (the pile of debris from the blown-up church tower), the actual course of the river and various other buildings are easy to trace during a drought. I recall seeing them in 1976, 1989 and in 1995/6, during the last of which the water was so low that one could literally walk down the road of Derwent village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat631 Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Hello Ousetunes. Kind of what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahonia Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 If you are waiting to see if any of the old villge ruins are exposed, i have to say Don't hold your breath . The last time the village was exposed was 1995, I think:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick316 Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Kind of. Ashopton Village lies directly beneath the A57 Ashopton viaduct. There are pictures of the deserted village with the newly completed bridge rising high above it. To the best of my knowledge, the waters of Ladybower Reservoir have never been low enough to expose the ruins of this village. Hi Just to follow on from Ousetunes thread.. As Ousetunes stated - Ashopton is situated by the viaduct over Ladybower - at the eastern (Sheffield) end and on the south side of the viaduct. At the time that Ladybower was filled the water was about 135ft deep at the point where the cente of the village was situated. Over the years this has probably become slightly shallower due to silt being laid down. I remember reading in a book that the ruins of Ashopton - unlike Derwent - are now completely covered by silt and will never become visible. The only way that the ruins will ever be seen again is if Ladybower is completely drained and exacavated. I think the prospect of that ever happening is highly unlikely . Cheers Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonj Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Just to put the recent posts from Ousetunes and Patrick into pictures here is the link I posted earlier in this thread: http://www.motorsportfotos.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=162 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubylou Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Just to put the recent posts from Ousetunes and Patrick into pictures here is the link I posted earlier in this thread: http://www.motorsportfotos.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=162 I find that picture very eerie, but fascinating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick316 Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Just to put the recent posts from Ousetunes and Patrick into pictures here is the link I posted earlier in this thread: http://www.motorsportfotos.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=162 Hi SimonJ Good pictures! I too have the book - The Silent Valley. I brought it that last time I was up there in 1989. Very good book for anyone interested in this thread. Cheers Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
societygirl Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 My neighbour in Baslow used to be the post mistress of Ashopton - her name was Ellen Thorpe. She was a fascinating person who had seen so many changes in her lifetime. She used to have to take the telegrammessages by bicycle as so few houses had telephones in those days, and there were few cars. She showed me an exercise book that her son had completed whilst at the Ashopton village school. The class had been tasked with completing an account of the flooding of their village, and the exercise book contained newspaper cuttings from the Sheffield Star etc. Amazing read, I wonder if her son still has the book safe following her death in about 1995 whilst in her nineties. I believe that the wrought iron gates from Derwent Hall were bought as salvage by the Shepley family [shepley Spitfire] and were fitted to their home at Woodthorpe Hall, Holmsfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deebles Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 I remember the water levels dropping and seeing the village ruins exposed as late as 2002. I know this because we took our son who was born in 1999 and he must have been around 3 years old at the time. There wasn't that much to see then just a few boundaries/foundations etc of the buildings and the garden walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milted Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 The location of Ashopton If you pass the Laydybower Inn on your right hand side and carry on down to the Traffic lights,instead of turning left for Bamford the old road used to continue on down hill and ran straight into Ashopton It did when I was last in Ashopton,1935 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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