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visiting Youlgrave

Youlgrave, the Church c1955

My husband and I visited Youlgrave earlier this year as i am researching my family history and my 3 x g. grandma and grandad were married in this church. Her name was Martha Staley and his name was Joseph Goodall and they married in 1846. It is a beautiful church and village, and we hope to visit again. As we walked into the church there was an old lady doing some cleaning there, and we told her of our quest. She was most helpful as she had lived there all of her life, and she told us of a Francis Staley who had left some land to the church when he died. Also the graveyard was ...read more here
A memory of Youlgrave contributed by elaine platts

Beautiful memories

Dear people of Youlgreave,
In the summer of 1970 we visited Youlgreave. We were there on a holiday and we had a magnificent time up there. We stayed at the house of grandma and dad from my friend Chris Sol, who was born in Youlgreave. His sister Cathrin and her friend were also there.
The name of the grandparents was Oldfield. I am still living in Holland, I am married and we have three children. We live in a place called Hoofddorp, that's about 15 miles from Amsterdam.
It was my first holiday and I will never forget it. Within a few years we will visit Youlgreave again, but then as a granddad and ma. We have three grandchildren
Hope to ...read more here
A memory of Youlgrave contributed by arend hoegen

The Taylors of Well Street

My father was Arthur Marsden Taylor born in Elton 1896, he had two brothers
William (1900) and Benjamin Aaron (1890), their mother was Sarah Ann Taylor (no father named), and her mother I believe Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Robert Taylor (b Brassington 1823) and Martha Staley (b Elton 1821).  Martha's mother was Elizabeth Staley and her brother was Benjamin. I know that Aaron senior, son of Robert, went to live in Moor Lane with wife, another Sarah Ann and baby Mary Ellen, he was a lead miner. I don't know if my father went to Elton school or not as I always thought he lived in Youlgreave. He went into the Great War before he was 18, he joined the Nottingham ...read more here
A memory of Elton contributed by Gwen Cooper

two dales

Two Dales, Chesterfield Road c1960

I lived in the house on the right (Hazel House) just before the bakery from 1958-1988. Many memories of there.  Anyone with any memories of Two Dales, please don´t hesitate to contact.
A memory of Two Dales contributed by mark hand

Extracts From Alport & Derbyshire books

Alport, Mill Bridge c1960

An Austin A35 and a Morris Minor are parked outside the Devonshire Arms public house in the centre of the village. On the extreme left of the photograph is the village post office, selling minerals and sweets for the tourists - so does the corner shop in the distance on the right.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Dales Photographic Memories".

Alport, Mill Bridge c1960

The Mill Bridge in the pretty hamlet of Alport crosses the River Bradford near its confluence with the Lathkill, three miles south of Bakewell. Alport is one of many candidates for Derbyshire’s prettiest small village.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".

Darley Dale, General View c1955

This distant view was taken from the north of the linear village of Darley Dale, which spreads along the A6 north of Matlock on the road to Bakewell. Riber Castle can be seen on the distant horizon to the left.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".

Cromford, Willersley Castle from Cromford Bridge c1884

Another view from Cromford Bridge of Willersley Castle, this time seen peeping above the trees. A stone on the bridge marks the spot where Benjamin Heywood went straight into the river as he returned home on horseback in 1697, and emerged unscathed.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".

Matlock Bath, General View 1892

Another general view of Matlock Bath, looking up towards the wooded Heights of Abraham on the skyline. The Heights of Abraham were named by a soldier who fought with General Wolfe at his famous victory at Quebec in 1759.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".