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The churches, pubs, farms, schools and homes of Derwent and Ashopton were submerged in 1943, and what remains today is ...
The Water Board had earmarked an isolated area higher up the valley to create two initial dams and the Howden and Upper Derwent reservoirs, and the small number of residents from affected farms ...
This reservoir, located in the Upper Derwent Valley, was constructed between 1935 and 1943 and resulted in the submergence of the villages of Derwent and Ashopton. This section offered scenic ...
Areas likely to be affected include parts of the Upper Derwent Valley and South East forecast districts. There is a risk of losses of lambs and sheep exposed to these conditions. Incident Name ...
Many families had lived in the valley for generations and the bodies ... At the time, Dave Ashton, from the Peak District's Upper Derwent Visitor Centre told the BBC that it was a rare occurrence ...
Ladybower reservoir's low water level has revealed ruins from the villages of Ashopton and Derwent, flooded to create the reservoir in 1943, in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, northern ...
The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and ... the topography of the surrounding rural landscape has been preserved, especially in the upper reaches of the valley, virtually ...
Glenn Brown, 39, of Upper Derwent Valley, was filmed using a cage with a live pigeon to catch a sparrowhawk. Chesterfield Magistrate's Court heard Brown, of Old Henry's Schoolhouse in Upper ...
Areas likely to be affected are the South East district this evening, and include parts of the Upper Derwent Valley early Thursday. There is a risk of losses of lambs and sheep exposed to these ...