derbyshire

History   Pinched from other reports on here: Milford was named for its river-crossing, on an ancient route from Derby to the Peak district. Jedediah Strutt, a farmer turned hosier, recognised the potential of the site. The Inventor of the Derby rib machine, Strutt owned a Derby silk mill...

History   T.G.Green & Co Ltd originally operated from the village of Church Gresley, South Derbyshire between 1864 and 2007. More famous for their blue and white striped 'Cornish Kitchen Ware' produced from the early 1920's (then known as 'E-Blue') the pottery produced many hundreds of...

History    I have done a little research on this place and not wanting to copy and paste as I usually do I have collated as much as I can to protect this little place.  Built in around 1875 this little farmhouse was a thriving business with cattle producing milk for locals. Since around 1901...

Day out with Antony :) Background; Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent...

Explored with Raz, FatPanda & Jord - Pic Heavy A Brief History of Bakewell Chert Mine Holme Bank was the last of two operational chert mines in Derbyshire the other being the Pretoria Mine, both at Bakewell. Access was from adits in a quarry at Bank Top and the steep workings extended...

So most of you have seen this location before if you havent been already... but here's my take on the place. Explored with Raz & Jord Bit of background; Stolen from the internet and i cant remember where :ugeek: Willington Power Station was in fact two, almost entirely separate...

Explored with -Raz- History from -Raz- report, hope you dont mind mate :thumb Milford was named for its river-crossing, on an ancient route from Derby to the Peak district. The power of the Derwent was used from medieval times to run a corn-mill, dying and fulling mills, and iron and scythe...

Evening:D The Explore: Found myself up north this weekend, and the first place we visited was TG Green. After fighting through some brambles we found ourselves inside - it was a relativity relaxed explore overall, just wondering round at our leisure until we saw a jeep go by.. upstairs in the...

Willington Cooling Towers The Explore Stopped off here with Fatpanda and Raz a few weeks ago on the way home from our primary targets and the sheer size of them amazed me. I would highly recommend giving these an hour of your time if you're ever in the area. The echo was crazy too, I spent...

Hey, as DRI seems popular at the moment, I thought why not. Photos are from a series of visits, so things have moved, been more damaged or just changed. This is relfected in the photos, as the microscopes move every time I've been. I'll skip the histoty and say sorry in advance for the large...

First report on here! First full proper road test of the new camera, so please be patient whilst I go through some new learning curves! After an early start (well, for me anyway!), had a full day’s explore here. And we needed it – its huuuge. I can see how you can get lost here...

How not to do a mine trip... History Middleton mine spans a site approximately 168ha of land and is made up of 26 miles of tunnels across 3 levels. From the 18th Century until the end of World War 2, Middleton Quarry produced high quality limestone capable of taking surface polish, for use in...

This was built ( presumably ) at the end of the 18th or early 19th century, and was known as Chisworth Works. They were cotton band manufacturers. It's also had It's fair share of extensions in the past, which probably took place before 1857 as the buildings remained the same on maps up until...

No history or name for this and as everyone is going all European and code naming sites I'll call it Boeuf Rideau House. I've known about this one for a while but CBA always sets in when I'm passing but I decided to make a bit of effort today to pop in. The bed upstairs had been slept in and...

I have been a bit quiet with getting out with my camera of late due to work and other commitments. Hopefully this will be the start of more reports for you lucky people [sarcasm]. Here is a little house my best mate told me about [skankypants]. I met him there and we had a look round, it was...

This was a place we had wanted to visit for a long time so when it got mentioned in memory of DHL that a group of people would be getting together up here i jumped at the chance.. So myself UrbanGinger SpaceInvader met up with PaulPowers and headed in ,then met way too many people to name if i...

Well i have peaked into this opening several times many years ago, time to crack the suicide cave or have a bloody good go at least..... info..... suicide cave (horseshoe cave) length 137 mtrs grade 2 (possibly now grade 3) due to chimneys full of shale and boulders on the move. Obvious...

Info The last two operational chert mines in Derbyshire were the Pretoria Mine and Holme Bank Mine, both at Bakewell. Pretoria opened in 1902. Access was from adits in a quarry at Bank Top and the steep workings extended beneath the road to connect with the earlier Greenfield shaft. The...

What an awesome little place, loads of character and bursting with history. Visited with Maniac and Diehardlove. Lots of history here - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/BygoneIndustries/ChertMining.html On with the pics! This was my first day underground with my new camera, and so far I...

My journey started this morning, I was awoken by the distinctive BUZZZZZ BUZZZZ BUZZZZ of my awful bloody alarm clock that I've owned for 100000 years and loathed every rude awakening. Particularly in this case because last night because of the time I went to be, I also realised that my train...