Ashbourne, Memorial Gardens c1955 (ref. A66021) | This is the bandstand in the well-kept Memorial Gardens at Ashbourne, as it looked in the mid-50s. Little has
changed today, and the gardens still impart an air of tranquility for the residents of the town.
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Bakewell, the Bridge c1955 (ref. B6006) | Bakewell's five-arched
14th-century bridge
over the River Wye
is one of its greatest
glories. It is still carrying
traffic 600 years after it
was built. The riverside
path on the left has now
been metalled, and
houses have been built
to the left, but little else
has changed.
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Barlborough, High Street c1955 (ref. B803023) | The ancient Market
Cross with its sundial
dominates the High Street
in Barlborough, opposite
the Rose and Crown public
house, which is on the right
of this 50s photograph. Note
the pantiled roof of the
house next door to the pub,
and horse-drawn cart in the
distance. In the background
is Barlborough's
distinctively-shaped water
tower, known locally as 'the
Egg Cup', it has been long
since demolished.
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Baslow, Nether End c1955 (ref. B484004) | The eastern end of the village of Baslow is known as Nether End. This 50s view is from outside the Cavendish
Arms Hotel, looking west. Note the old-fashioned 'beacon of learning' school sign and AA logo near the sign
advertising the hotel, which takes its name from the ruling Dukes of Devonshire from nearby Chatsworth.
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Belper, Long Row c1955 (ref. B437016) | The terraced houses and cobbled street of Long Row at Belper is one of the many legacies left by Jedediah Strutt
who, with Richard Arkwright, brought industry to the town in the late 18th century. The houses on the right
of the street date from about this time, and were provided by Strutt for his workers at the nearby cotton mills,
powered by the River Derwent.
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Bradwell, the Village c1955 (ref. B486011) | This is the view down Smithy Lane, Bradwell, looking towards the green escarpment of Bradwell Edge in the
background. Note the non-conformist chapel on the extreme right. Most Peak District villages have such chapels,
as non-conformism was common in mining communities like these.
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Brimington, Ringwood Road and Church c1965 (ref. B603002) | The east end of Brimington's 19th-century parish church is just visible behind the trees in this view of the centre
of the village, between Chesterfield and Staveley. The name of Ringwood Road refers to the early 19th-century
mansion of Ringwood House, home of the Markham family, which stands to the north east.
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Calver, the Village c1950 (ref. C399045) | This crossroads west of the village of Calver is known as Calver Sough - a sough (pronounced “suff”) being a
drainage tunnel designed to take water out of lead mines. There are traffic lights here today, at the busy junction
of the Bakewell-Grindleford and Baslow-Stoney Middleton roads, and the petrol station on the right of the
picture is no longer there.
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Castleton, Market Place c1955 (ref. C46045) | The village war memorial (right), on the green in Castleton's Market Place, takes the form of a Celtic cross. In the
background is Castleton Hall, a fine 17th-century building which is now the popular and always-busy Castleton
Youth Hostel. Behind that are the distant shapes of Treak Cliff and Mam Tor.
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Chapel-En-Le-Frith, c1940 (ref. C400008) | The name of the Peak District town of Chapel-en-le-Frith means literally 'the chapel in the forest'. It was
originally the site of a chapel in the medieval Royal Forest of the Peak, where kings and princes hunted deer,
wolf and wild boar. This 1940s view from the station, which is some way south of the town, shows just how
many trees were still left then.
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Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Ferodo Research Laboratories c1960 (ref. C400039) | Still the biggest single employer in Chapel, Ferodo was founded by local man Herbert Froode (of which 'Ferodo'
is an anagram) who first developed a brake block for horse-drawn carts and later successfully developed it for
cars, lorries and buses. In this 1960s photograph, Ferodo's Research Laboratories had just been opened.
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Chesterfield, High Street c1960 (ref. C83038) | Two helmeted local 'bobbies' stride towards the camera in another view of the Market Place in Chesterfield,
looking up the High Street towards the famous Crooked Spire of the parish church of St Mary and All Saints. In
the centre of the photograph, the brewer's dray of P O Middleton makes a delivery to a local pub.
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Clowne, Dam c1950 (ref. C403003) | The Dam is still the popular name for Clowne's reservoir at Harlesthorpe, north of the former coal-mining village.
Clowne takes its unusual name from the old name of the River Poulter which runs through the village. To the east
is Markland Grips, an Iron Age hillfort on an outcrop above a craggy limestone valley.
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Duffield, the Bridge c1950 (ref. D159033) | Motorists speeding through Duffield on the A6 miss this view of the fine buttressed bridge across the River
Ecclesbourne. Duffield was an important place in medieval times, and the A6 passes by the foot of the
tree-covered Castle Mound, the motte of what was once one of the most formidable Norman castles in England.
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Edensor, the Village c1960 (ref. E130006) | The 6th Duke of
Devonshire supervised
the design of Edensor
(pronounced “Ensor”) in
1839 as a model estate
village for his workers
at nearby Chatsworth.
The elegant spire of
the parish church of
St Peter was designed
by Sir George Gilbert
Scott and consecrated
in 1867.
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Great Hucklow, World Gliding c1960 (ref. G180035) | The Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club, based at Camphill, 1,360ft up on Hucklow Edge, had its finest
moment when the World Gliding Championships, during which this photograph was taken, were held here in
1954. The club is still very active, operating from what must be one of the most scenic sites in the country.
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Hartington, the Pond c1960 (ref. H330102) | A family pose with their fine-looking pony by the village pond, or mere, at Hartington. The mere was an
important place for many villages on the fast-draining White Peak plateau, and was one of the few places where
stock could be led for drinking water.
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Heanor, Memorial and Church c1960 (ref. H331123) | The cenotaph-like War Memorial occupies the left foreground of this view of Heanor's park, while on the right, a
group of three 60s youths eye the cameraman suspiciously. In the background, the stately Perpendicular tower of
Heanor's Parish Church of St Lawrence dominates the view. The church was extensively rebuilt in 1868.
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Ladybower, Reservoir c1955 (ref. L294005) | These are the impressive
wrought iron entrance
gates to the Ladybower
Dam, above Bamford
in the Upper Derwent
Valley. The reservoir
was opened in
September, 1945 by
King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth, who
unveiled a memorial
tablet and opened the
two overflow shafts, one
of which is seen to the
right of this photograph.
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Long Eaton, High Street c1950 (ref. L198002) | This is the Market
Place at Long Eaton,
as it looked in 1950.
Although still firmly
in Derbyshire, Long
Eaton has almost been
swallowed up by the
suburbs of nearby
Nottingham, across the
River Trent to the east.
The Empire Cinema
dominates to the right of
the picture, next door to
the arched entrance to
the Telford Library.
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