Above: Photos of the northern section of the C&HPR which ran through the Goyt Valley are very rare. It was closed in 1892 when an easier route was opened. I’ve inset a close-up of the feature at top right. We initially thought it might be the entrance to...
Above: There are very few good quality colour photos of the Goyt Valley before the construction of the twin reservoirs. This one comes from Corrie’s collection of old postcards and shows a view over the stepping stones in Goyt’s Bridge, as the Goyt...
Above: This oil painting shows three cows being driven along the lane from Derbyshire Bridge towards Goyt’s Bridge. The author mentions the small row of paint mill cottages which stood to the right of this view. Goytsclough Quarry was just behind. Today,...
Above: Although William Chappell seems to have taken much of the blame for the fatal accident, he went on to work from Buxton Station and is pictured above on the footplate of a coal engine some years after the collision. Above: The Sheffield Daily Telegraph’s...
Above: This is the only photo I’ve managed to find of a train on the C&HP Railway line as it approaches the Goyt Valley section. It’s a view across Burbage, southwest of Buxton. It’s just possible to make out Buxton’s famous dome in the far distance. The Cromford...
Above: Just a few of the wonderful postcards from Corrie’s collection on the Cat & Fiddle Inn. Click here to view them all. Above: These old postcards are photographs rather than prints, so haven’t been reduced to a series of dots. This means they...
Above: The rhododendrons in full bloom are a magnificent sight. I took this photo in June a few years ago, along the approach to Errwood Hall (see walk 7). Above: This clipping from an 1883 edition of the Derbyshire Times (click to enlarge) waxes...
Above: Our travellers walked from Goyt’s Bridge along the lane towards Derbyshire Bridge. The photo shows three children in front of the mill workers cottages at Goytsclough, which Strephon mentions in his article. They eventually reach a ‘solitary little...
Above: Goyt’s Bridge and the Goyt Valley were very popular spots for both artists and photographers. And picturesque postcards were sold in their thousands to the many visitors who came here. There are some wonderful views in the...
Above: This wonderful etching of Buxton’s Pavilion Gardens appears as the frontispiece in Strephon’s ‘Pilgrimages in the Peak’, first published in 1879. Click the image at the bottom of the page to view the complete illustration. Above:...
