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Historic maps of Acresford and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Acresford maps
Acresford photos
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Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories
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£14
Derbyshire Photographic Memories
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£14
Peak District Photographic Memories
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£14
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Memories of Acresford
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I was evacuated to The Old Hall, Netherseal with my sister June. We were taken to the Village Hall to be 'picked' by a family and were lucky enough to be taken in by the Manners at The Old Hall. Since then I have been back and found it quite a blow to find the graves of our hosts in the... [more]
Shared on 07 October 2009
Airplane Crash in Church Gresley
I was only a toddler when a light plane landed in the cricket field beyond the allotments at the bottom of Regent Street. Everybody around dashed down to see the spectacle. Few had seen an aeroplane actually on the ground. It was common to run outside to see one actually in the air. (This was before W.W. II, when it was... [more]
Shared on 01 January 2007
If my memory serves me correctly, this park was named "Eureka Park" and was situated by "Eureka Road". We would pass here when walking from Church Gresley to "Midway Grandma's " in Sandcliff Road. or further afield to "The Old Mill" on the road to Repton.
During the war myself and four other kids, walking back after a visit to... [more]
Shared on 15 February 2007
Bretby was 'discovered' by my dad who liked to vary his route in Ashby to work at Burton Girls' Grammar School. Bretby is not exactly the-land-that-time-forgot, but it is a delightfully unspoilt oasis, despite its proximity to Burton-on-Trent. Rose Cottage was a dilapidated house in the middle of the village, near the Green. The house was originally the blacksmith's house, and... [more]
Shared on 22 July 2009
Extracts From Acresford & Derbyshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Acresford, inspired by Frith photos.
This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl within which the town sits. Good views can be had of the town from the top of Corbar Hill and of the moorland to the north over Lightwood... [more]
This is an extract from Buxton Town and City Memories.
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Rowing and paddle boats were a common sight on the upper lake from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Some of them endearingly carried identifying names, the two paddle boats in this view are called Hamish and Paddy.
This is an extract from Buxton Town and City Memories.
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With increases in both population and numbers of visitors to the town, provision had to be made for their shopping requirements. Although there are shops in higher Buxton, on High Street and the Market Place, the major commercial centre is Spring Gardens in the lower town. Originally known as Town Street or Sheffield Road, it was developed into a busy shopping street selling, among other things, tourist gifts.... [more]
This is an extract from Buxton Town and City Memories.
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