Ashwood Dale
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Ashwood Dale books (11 available)
Buxton Town and City Memories
Paperback
Derbyshire Living Memories
Paperback
Matlock Photographic Memories
Paperback
- 3 photos on Ashwood Dale appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Ashwood Dale
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James S. Blair
My great grandfather was James Simoson Blair. He lived at Moorcroft in Buxton up to 1927. When he died he was quite a prominent figure and was captain of the golf club, and a trophey is presented each year even now in memory of him. Does anyone know or have information on him or the family? Thanks.
A memory of Buxton contributed by jeanette czyzyk
Tuesdays
On Tuesday afternoon we could go with the class at school to listen to the orchestra playing there for the sum of one penny. I think the conductor was Maurice Miles.
A memory of Buxton contributed by sylvia dukesell
My maternal grandfather was a waiter here
I remember my mother telling me that my grandad used to work there, also my uncle.
A memory of Buxton contributed by sylvia dukesell
My baptism
I was baptised in this church in 1927.
A memory of Buxton contributed by sylvia dukesell
Extracts From Ashwood Dale & Derbyshire books
Lover's Leap in Ashwood Dale, near Buxton, is one of several in the Peak which recall a long-forgotten romantic tragedy. It is just visible in the depths of a limestone cleft to the south (left) of the main dale as you approach Buxton on what is now the A6.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
Ashwood Dale is just one of the names given to the deep limestone valley of the River Wye as it winds between Bakewell and Buxton. Others include Monsal Dale, Miller's Dale and Chee Dale, and it only becomes Wye Dale and Ashwood Dale as it approaches Buxton.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
Across the road the half-round windows, on the ground floor of the
single-storey building on the right, show the site of the original Roman
Bath, in constant use from that time. Beyond is the Hall of 1573.
An extract from from"Buxton Town and City Memories".
The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in
Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary
Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various
illnesses, including rheumatism and a recurring pain in the
side.
An extract from from"Buxton Town and City Memories".
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. Here
you could buy ornaments made of Blue John, Ashford
Black Marble and Derbyshire Spar - locally mined stones
which were worked in the Petrifaction and Spar shops.
The number and type of shops in Spring Gardens has
altered greatly over the years but the architecture on
either side remains largely unchanged. An increase in
traffic through the street led to calls for pedestrianisation
which was completed in 1997.
An extract from from"Buxton Town and City Memories".