Walk 1: Riverside path > Packhorse bridgeWalk stats Length: 2.3mls | Av. time: 1hr | Ascent: 179ftStart: Errwood Hall car park | Google MapWalk description, map & GPX: More details Walk description Starting from Errwood Hall car park, opposite Errwood...
Walk 1: Riverside path > Packhorse bridge Length: 2.3mls | Av. time: 1hr | Ascent: 179ftStart: Errwood Hall car park | Google MapRoute description & GPX: Download options Walk description Starting from Errwood Hall car park, opposite Errwood Reservoir, this...
Goyt's Bridge A collection of general views of Goyt's Bridge; the small hamlet that now lies submerged at the southern end of Errwood Reservoir. Simply click on any image to enlarge and view captions, and then scroll through the collection. And click here for more...
Errwood Hall & grounds These photos show Errwood Hall and its grounds in all their former glory. The Grimshawe family's grand country house was built in the early 1840s and demolished less than 100 years later. Click on any image to enlarge and view captions, and...
Goyt Valley views A collection of general views taken throughout the valley, from as far south as Derbyshire Bridge, close to the source of the River Goyt, through to Taxal in the north. Click any image to enlarge and view captions, and then scroll through the photos....
Grimshawe family & friends Samuel Grimshawe, a wealthy Manchester industrialist, purchased the Errwood Estate in 1832, from John Jodrell. We think construction work on Errwood Hall started in 1840, overseen by his son, also called Samuel. The family seems to have...
Errwood Estate families and workers The photo above showing Errwood Estate gamekeepers and workers outside the gates leading to Errwood Hall is one of the the oldest in the collection, dated 1880. Click on any image to enlarge and view what information I have, and...
Lost Goyt Valley farmhouses When Samuel Grimshawe purchased the Errwood Estate in 1832 it included some 20 working farms. Most of the families had worked this land for generations. But when Mary, the last of there Grimshawes, died in 1930, and Stockport Corporation...
The Goyt Valley, 1930 My thanks to Gail for discovering these fairly poor quality images which I think must have been taken in 1930 as a record of the valley before construction work started on Fernilee Reservoir. Simply click on any image to enlarge and view...
The Cat & Fiddle Inn Standing close to the source of the River Goyt, this famous pub (once reputed to be the highest in England, but now designated the second highest!) was on the edge of the Grimshawe's Errwood Estate. The postcards include many going back...
Above: I've highlighted the camera view in green. The photographer was standing beside the small packhorse bridge, alongside Wildmoorestone Brook as it joins the River Goyt. Goytshead Farm is just behind. The stepping stones #1 Many thanks to Mike for...
Goyt Valley walks maps I created these maps to fill the screen of a typical smart phone, which is why north points in different directions. Click any heading to view detailed step-by-step directions and photos, plus a short 'Relive' video. And...
Above: This is the very first representation of Goyt's Bridge - then known as Goythowses (Goyt Houses). Click the map below for a closer view. Above: Map of Derbyshire 1577 by Christopher Saxton (c1543 - c1610). © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth. Reproduced by...
Above: First issued in 1607, this image is copied from the 1637 edition of Camden's Britannia. Above: Click the map to enlarge. Map courtesy of Copperplate Antique Maps. (Click to view a comprehensive stock of original antique county maps.) William Hole (1607)...
Above: First issued in 1646, this image is copied from Jan Jansson's 'Atlas Novus'. Above: Click the map to enlarge. Map courtesy of Copperplate Antique Maps. (Click to view a comprehensive stock of original antique county maps.) Jan Jansson (1646) By Kevin Welch of...
Goyt Valley walk 4: Errwood Hall & The Shrine Walk distance: 3 miles | Date recorded: July 2019Start point: Errwood Hall car park | Google MapGPX file: Just £1.50 | Download file This easy, three-mile walk takes in three of the most historic sites in this part of...
Goyt Valley walk 7: The rhododendrons Walk distance: 2 miles | Date recorded: June 2011Start point: Errwood Hall car park | Google MapGPX file: Just £1.50 | Download file I recorded this walk to capture the rhododendrons that bloom so magnificently in June*. But it's...
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Above: Click the map to enlarge. Map courtesy of Copperplate Antique Maps. (Click to view a comprehensive stock of original antique county maps.) Emanuel Bowen (1758) By Kevin Welch of Copperplate Antique Maps. This map is by Emanuel Bowen; one of the most prolific...
Above: First issued in 1787, these images are copied from the 1809 edition of John Cary's 'New and Correct English Atlas'. Maps courtesy of Copperplate Antique Maps. (Click to view a comprehensive stock of original antique county maps.) John Cary (1787) By Kevin Welch...
Above: Click either map (Cheshire top and Derbyshire above) to enlarge. Above: First issued in 1801, these images are copied from the 1811 edition of John Cary's 'New English Atlas'. John Cary (c1801) By Kevin Welch of Copperplate Antique Maps. John Cary almost...
Above: Click map to enlarge. Maps courtesy of Copperplate Antique Maps. (Click to view a comprehensive stock of original antique county maps.) Above: First issued between 1824-8, this image is copied from W Ebden and J Duncans' ‘A Complete County Atlas of England and...
Above: Click map to enlarge. Map courtesy of Copperplate Antique Maps. (Click to view a comprehensive stock of original antique county maps.) T.L. Murray (1830) By Kevin Welch of Copperplate Antique Maps. In 1830 Murray published 'An Atlas of the English Counties'....
ebay postcards These postcards have appeared on ebay over recent years. I haven't purchased them, so haven't been able to scan them properly. They're screengrabs from the ebay pages, which means the quality is often fairly poor. Some of them may already appear on...
Fernilee construction gallery My thanks to the Whaley Bridge Local History Group for allowing me to display these photos of the Fernilee Reservoir construction site. They include some fascinating detail, particularly of the ruins of the old gunpowder mill. Many were...