A general view looking across the valley in, or near to, Ashopton, with farm buildings in a field in the foreground

Date:
23 Jun 1896
Location:
High Peak, Derbyshire
Reference:
CC79/00390
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The exact location of the image is not known but it is recorded in the original register of negatives as 'Ashopton Valley (Bamford)'.

Ashopton was one of two villages in the High Peak district of Derbyshire which were demolished and then submerged by the construction of the Ladybower Reservoir in the 1930s and 1940s.

Content

This is part of the Series: LMS01/01 London Midland and Scottish Railway Negatives - Architectural Subjects; within the Collection: LMS01 London Midland and Scottish Railway Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive