These two pages from the auction catalogue show the high Victorian style of the Hall’s interior. Click either image to enlarge. Mary Grimshawe-Gosselin of Errwood Hall died on 23rd February 1930. She was the last surviving descendant of the Grimshawe family....
Inside St Joseph’s Shrine. Click to enlarge. Above: The Shrine is just a short walk from a small lay-by on the old Roman road known as The Street, which runs between Errwood Reservoir and Pym Chair (click to enlarge). Two walks on this website pass...
The small mausoleum where the lead coffins were kept before burial has long since disappeared. It stood to the left of the graves. (Click to enlarge.) Samuel Grimshawe died in 1883, leaving the Errwood Estate to his wife, Jessie. It was later inherited by their two...
Above: I think this photo was taken at the same time as the 1932 cine film of Goyt’s Bridge (click to view). Click on any of the photos below to enlarge. Above: This is the oldest photo I’ve seen of the bridge, with a footpath leading up to a gate into...
Above: Dated 1883, this photo shows a group of the Grimshawes’ friends, posing on the bridge (from left to right): T Brooks, J O’Neal, DeLisle, EC Warner, F Parker, W Paget, F Gaskell (cousin of the Grimshawes), J Brooks & F Paget. It’s one of a...
Click any of the photos below to view a larger image. The gates beside Errwood Cottage lead up to Errwood Hall. It’s just possible to spot the roof-tops of the hall amongst the trees in the far distance. This view shows it was two cottages rather than one....
Click any image to enlarge. Above: This photo shows the suspension bridge being dismantled during the construction of Errwood Reservoir in the mid 1960s. From RS-S: This is quite an interesting old photograph taken before the flooding of the Valley. It...
Above: A fine view of Errwood Hall and its ornamental gardens, taken from the path up to the Grimshawe’s hill-top cemetery. This article is taken from a 1954 issue of the Peakland Magazine, and written by Crichton Porteus. It appears on the Whaley Bridge...
Above: A wonderful photo taken of Goyt’s Bridge pupils outside their single room, wooden-built school, probably taken in the early 1920s. The tall boy at the back may be Joe Hewitt, son of the Castedge Mine Manager. There are some reports...
Above: The old photo superimposed on exactly the same position in the landscape today (click to enlarge). My thanks to George for sending it. Sarah Dugdale sent a message back in 2013 saying her grandparents once lived at Errwood Farm. But that although she understood...
