Derwent Hall & Derwent Village Exposed - The Ghosts of Ladybower Reservoir
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- The Ghosts of Derwent Hall lost below Ladybower Reservoir - Derwent Village Exposed
Join me as i return to Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire to uncover more lost secrets & history of Derwent Village, drowned below the waters of Ladybower 70 years ago.
In this video we uncover more lost secrets around the former Derwent Church, the former graveyards and an old bridge.
The big discovery is then onto Derwent Hall. Built in 1672 and laid to ruin shortly before the Village was lost forever. The former gardens and foundations still cast a haunting reminder of what once was.
Finishing off on the opposite we revisit the Valve / Pump house, now fully exposed alongside a former farm.
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Just think of all the time, skill and work it took to build the village, church and Derwent Hall. Then think of the families that sat in the church together, the weddings and funerals and also of the events that were held in the hall. All the lives and their backstories that have been long forgotten. Thanks to work like this from Ant, the lives of the people are not forgotten but are remembered again. Thanks.....
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@@poonamkhairnar8588 Well said.....
May i add,
I almost cried in only the opening minute or so.
I find it so so sad that all this beauty had to be lost.
Peoples home village.
It looks just so idillic, picture postcard perfect.
Just such a terrible loss for them, and for all of us.
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The old pictures of both Derwent & Ashopton show what a lovely pair of locations they were. Thankyou for watching :)
Oh so sad Bob, the problem is that the destruction of our once beautiful country is still going on in one way and another.
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Was just explaining exactly that to my daughter of 9.
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An excellent series of videos, loved the drone shots and archive material, and the historical map placed over the contemporary photo.
I‘m appalled that the village was destroyed and the beautiful carvings left as rubble. Even if you could justify building the reservoir to serve big cities, there’s no excuse for why the buildings weren‘t carefully taken apart and rebuilt elsewhere at the water board‘s expense - either for the original residents to live in, or as part of a living museum.
I would love you to keep documenting the reservoir while the water levels keep dropping. I'm astounded at how much has gone in 5:weeks and I would like to see it again in another 5 weeks. brilliant work.
Thanks very much. I popped by yesterday and it had dropped a fair bit more
@@TrekkingExploration I used to live the other side of the district in Chesterfield but I left England 20 years ago so not been to Ladybower in that time. It's interesting to see the old village reappear and watch the water levels fall through your videos.. please keep them coming.
There is no way they could get away with demolishing Derwent Hall now a days. The National Trust or the like would have stopped them. How times have changed! Wonderful set of videos.. Very eerie.
I agree David. It shouldn't happen today. Thankyou :)
It's 1am, and I'm still watching, albeit, out of order. It's absolutely amazing the way you have documented this Ant. Absolutely first class. I look forward to the comparison video in 5 - 10 years time. This has been a stunning journey and is far superior than anything on the TV. Anyone can present a topic and talk about it, but your love and enthusiasm for the subject matter shows through and really made this series what it is. Congratulations on a top-notch series, Ant. Absolutely fantastic. Thank you for sharing.
It is amazing how they painstakingly took down buildings and then randomly left other , like the pump house and beautiful post from the hall. It is lucky for us that some remains for us to admire. You have done a fabulous job in documenting all this. It would be good if someone could metal detect this area now, if it is allowed . Who knows what would be found with such a long history. Thank you for all your hard work on this series.
Just spectacular Ant, wow. Derwent Hall ruins are amazing. The stonework and details on them. Just wow. Thanks for an epic look around what once was in this valley.👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so very much :)
Another great video Ant, they just keep getting better and better. I thought that the stonework on the top of Lovers Seat had a twenties look about it and the slab that ran around below the fancy stone carving was a sheltered place to sit
Thanks very much i'm glad you enjoyed it. I feel there is more to do around there :)
This deserves to be shown on national television, far more interesting than the drivel we're bombarded with.
Thank you very much Raymond. 🙂🙂🙂🙂 Watch the others in the series if you get time
I’ve watched most of your videos, but I have to say, I’ve enjoyed these the most. But then I’m going to, I’m an archaeology student and specialise in modern archaeology.
Thanks very much for such a kind comment :)
It brings a bit of tears to your eye to see what is left to post the grandiose structure that was there in the past. As always, thank you for the trip back in time, Ant. Your the best! Enjoy the weekend. See you on the next. Cheers Ant! 😊
Fish Pond as clear as day on your drone footage at 14:50. In fact, the extensive drone footage makes a lot of things much clearer than at ground level. Thank you.
Nice update Ant. Interesting what extra could be seen after just 5 weeks. Well worth your visit and thanks for showing us.
Wow Ant amazing to see those buildings we never would have seen if the water was there thanks for sharing take care xx
Thoroughly enjoyed this! My family are from the area and used to tell me tales of hearing the bell ring on the church when they were young and the reservoir was first built!
Thank you Kerry I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Have a look at the other parts in the series if you get chance 🙂
@@TrekkingExploration will do! Thank you 😊
Fantastic end to this great set of vids, just loving your enthusiasm❤👍. Funny how the water board demolished the village but managed not to knock down their own building🤔🤔🤔. There's never an Aimee about when you find a lovers seat🤣🤣🤣 Thanks Ant, great content.👍👍
The water board building is an unusual survivor. Might be more to come yet...... ;)
Thank you for another excellent video. Vandalism on this scale is criminal but, of course, when carried out by official bodies the law does not apply!
I've even following you fir a few weeks now and these videos get better all the time. Just shows what's buried under ground. I wonder what else in buried in other areas.
Thankyou very much Cliffe :)
Hi Ant, a great series of videos. It's amazing to see where the buildings once stood, a terrible upheaval for the residents. Thanks for the updates on the water level, probably be an awful long time before the water gets back to "normal".
Fascinating place. Was there a few weeks back hiking and had no idea any if this was there! Great video
Hi Ant, you always know your phone is full of tracking cookies when the day after standing at the bottom of Derwent Reservoir up pops a You Tube video on, Derwent Reservoir !. Yesterday I stood on the ledge of the pumping station and looked dowm at the water and the lovely round window opposite. With the rain that fell there today i wouldnt imagine the village will be visible for long ! Great vid, thanks.
Great footage. It must have been devastating to be told that you have to leave your home.
Thanks very much. It would have been soul destroying 😔
Just stumbled on your RUclips videos. Particularly enjoyed the one on Derwent Hall, I wondered if you knew that during WWII, Notre Dame Catholic high school were evacuated to Derwent Hall to escape the concentrated bombing of Sheffield. Notre Dame Catholic high school had buildings situated on the way to the city centre around Glossop Road so it was thought prudent to move students out to the country side like Derwent valley. More info in a book called "Silent Valley at War" by Vic Hallam. There also used to be a museum in one of the towers at Derwent about life in the valley and surrounding area eg Sheffield during WWII. Sadly the museum closed some time ago but I did visit with my son when he was about 7 years old. The museum is missed now 😭
Dare I say it, but your explanation is better than Martin Zero's, 🙈 sorry Martin still love you 😍
Why not read Vic Hallams flexi books per ?
@@suzyqualcast6269 (A) because I've never heard of them, (B) I was just making a light hearted comment on two youtubers doing videos on the same subject.
Thanks so very much for such kind words :)
Absolutely fascinating following yr journey of discovery. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Ben :)
Excellent job again! 👍🏻😀
Fantastic & Fascinating!
Thank you very much Richard 🙂🙂
Brilliant upload, sad the workmanship lost 😭
HEADING THERE TO EXPLORE SO EXCITED!!!!!! THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION
Enjoy 🙂 I'll be back later this week 🙂
@@TrekkingExploration It was awesome! Look forward to your next film!
Great stuff..nice work...just subscribed..😎..came here looking at more derwent. also..after watch Martin zero...fascinating
Thankyou so much i'm pleased you enjoyed it :)
@@TrekkingExploration Fantastic music as well..super stuff....if you ever wanted to use or feature any of my original synth compositions..on my lowly channel. you would be quite welcome..anyway..just catching up on your back videos..🙏
It must have been a lovely place to live. Then you get the dreadfull news that you are going to lose your homes and way of life to make way for the reservoir.
I was there in 1976 and I think the water levels were even lower then.
You could see building foundations and paths in between were the metel railings had either fallen whilst under water or been pushed over when the buildings were demolished.
Still a beautiful area of the country.
It must have been very interesting to explore the empty recevoir and find the remains of the village!
This so reminds me of Crosby beach. The same mix of stonework, brick and stone carving and equally as sad.
The brick is from the Farnley Iron Works, Leeds which was founded in 1844 by the Armitage Brothers of Farnley Hall. It is reckoned that the Farnley Iron Company produced more bricks than iron. It manufactured both household and firebricks.
Best trilogy since Star Wars, Ant, thank you! Looking forward to paying a visit in the next week or two. xxx
Just watch all 3 of these videos.. absolutely fascinating! Whenever we've been up that way the water has been high so was left to only imagine what lays beneath the waters.. Thanks for sharing it with us 😀 👍
So pleased you have enjoyed them. Get up there if you can 🙂
Am glad that it’s drying up tbh , now the villages of these Eries resvouirs villages are coming back to light ❤❤❤
I've been enjoying these video's sad to see this village disappear beneath a reservoir how did the village become a ruin did the people just leave it shame it was left to get to a ruin and not save it and become a reservoir look forward to seeing your next video
Great video. I had no idea of this place. I am aware of Capel Celyn in North Wales, which was a village with a Chapel and cemetary and farms flooded and lost to supply Liverpool with water. Very sad.
Hi Deb, glad you enjoyed it. Funnily enough I was in Capel Celyn this time last year and did a video on the old railway
Ooh Thankyou, I'll look for that🙂
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awesome ant how it altered in those weeks,but so sad all that wonderful masonery lost
Thanks very much Chris
Have really enjoyed this trilogy of videos ,unbelievable how low the water is ,have been told many myths about this area but you have dispelled all those by explaining everything ,i do find it very sad that villages were flooded but all in the cause of progress .
I must say the last title was very apt i felt it was very ghostly looking at the remains of a once beautiful home , i could almost hear people enjoying themselves in the big rooms and servants rushing to the families every need ,i think the parts you referred to as cellars were most probably the servants hall ,kitchens and accomodation ,i so totally loved everything about this video ,sorry ive rambled on a bit ,the drone footage was amazing so lastly i say thank you for a wonderful step back in time .
Great work
When you look at the drone footage of the valve house you can see the remnants of the pipeline trench.
This was the original pipeline from the upper dams Howden and Derwent dams .
This was in use from about 1912 until about 1948.
When they built Ladybower dam and flooded the valley where Dewernt village was they couldn’t leave this pipe line under water so they rerouted it in the aqueduct and the latest valve house you were next to replaced the abandoned one.
This pipeline goes to Bamford treatment works just below Ladybower dam (the one with the big plug holes) .
From Bamford the pipe line goes to Langley Mill for Nottingham s supply and to Bradgate park reservoir for Leicesters supply.
There is a fantastic book called
Walls across the valley.
fantastic Video, best yet
Thanks very much Darren 🙂
Mate, from Stoke, living in Western Australia! Loving these videos, worked all over Derbyshire. Blowing my mind! Visiting in January and this is on my visit list! Albeit a bit fuller😂
Great video, thanks for that Amazing insight 👍
Thank you so much for watching 🙂🙂
What a great series of videos Ant. Between you and Martin Zero you’ve have both covered the reservoirs brilliantly and made it very interesting with all the facts and pictures you have uncovered. Can’t wait till your next explore videos ,well done in deed 👏👏👏👍
Thank you very much Keith that means a lot 🙂
Absolutely fascinating series of videos Ant, just love all that nostalgia well matched with your selection of background music. 👌
Thanks very much David. Much appreciated 🙂
Great Work,thanks
Thankyou Simon
Because of the elites in those days who took the villages and peoples home and peoples lives god rest there soles of different resavouiers for money and power of the days , not concidering peoples lives and homes 😢😢🇬🇧🇬🇧😇😇
People removed from their lands and homes by compulsory orders just reminds me of the highland clearances, great post Ant
Thanks very much John
They wouldn't have owned their houses in those days, you could be turfed out of your house anytime in those days.
Excellent series, throughly enjoyed these! Well done.
Thanks Jason much appreciated
Beautiful
Thank you 🙂
Farnely Iron Company.......I have found this out for you.......this information was taken from Graces Guide website where they say Farnely Iron Company was :
"1844 Established by Armitage Brothers, of Farnley Hall, to make use of the minerals - coal, iron, and fire-clay - on their estate. At first their operations were confined to the manufacture of pig-iron in cold-blast furnaces, but in a few years the works were extended to include all the operations for making finished iron. The minerals were near to those of the Lowmoor Iron Co. and the Bowling Iron Co., both of Bradford. "
Very interesting,Ant,I wonder whether they could get away with such compulsory purchase nowadays! It would cause quite a rumpus!
HS2 anybody?
Loving this series of films, I spend a lot of time out here so it’s nice to see some overlay maps and drone footage (despite No Drones signs everywhere).
If I have one critique it would be to slow the panning down, so we can actually see what you’re pointing at of showing us, as the sweeping left and right is too quick for the frame rate.
It’s a fascinating place as more becomes visible. Keep up the good work
Absolutely magnificent.
That was a brilliant brillisnt watch.
I feel like ive just been to the cinema and am on the way home now, processing what ive seen
Anyway, im off to bed,
And may watch this again tomorrow.
Thank you.
Thanks so very much Bob. Have a look at the other two parts 🙂🙂
@@TrekkingExploration
Willdo,
Thankyou.
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The old dewent packhorse bridge was rebuilt further up the valley at slippery stones a loverly fitting location used on nice summer days by parents with their kids
Great stuff mate glad u went back to see it..pretty much the same amount of water since we were there a few wks back..truly fascinating site to behold..
Thanks very much. I went back again yesterday for a little look and its dropped a little more
@@TrekkingExploration Wow you must be able to literally walk across from one side to another then ..we were amazed how much was exposed a few wks back like I said to you from your last visit although the pump house was the only bit we couldn't really get too...enjoyed the Ladybower film too👍..
The irn bars on lovers seat had a rod going through them when I visited back in September, looks like it's been nicked!
Very disapointing :(
Excellent explore - very , very interesting.
Thanks so very much Richard :)
Nice to see more of what was once submerged.
Thankyou for watching :)
Looks like the fish pond is still very much there, the intricacies of Masonry work is outstanding,, cracking vid as always👍
I visited here today and you can now get deep enough in to the cellar if your brave to go into there. It goes further back into a smaller room. Iv couple of pictures of the creator wants to view them
I'm going back Friday for one last go.... Thank you for watching 🙂
Someone should save those carved stones etc , they are too nice to be sat there.
So. Looking at the shape of the land, the water level will drop very quickly when it gets as low as this. Although we have had some odd bits of rain in last few weeks I think it's still well below the amount that's being taken out.
My feeling is then that a visit in a weeks time (and week after etc until we get prolonged rainfall) will see further massive change.
Another great video of Derwent valley. Be interesting if the water recedes further over the next five weeks?
Thankyou. I was there yesterday and it had indeed dropped further
@@TrekkingExploration I remember visiting during the drought of 1976 when I was at junior school when I was around 10-11 years old. I grew up not far away from there in Dronfield before moving down south in 1988. I wonder if the levels are lower than back then? It would be great if you could find the submerged Derwent school. Apparently the Dam was used by the RAF for practicing for dam busting and there is or was a wreckage of an American B29 WW2 bomber somewhere near there. ( Higher shelf stones)
Those hexagon imprints on the wall I believe are those left from hexagon tiles. The tiles are long since gone. Absolutely fascinating. If global warming continues we will be able to see the bottom of every reservoir. I hope not. Loved the fireplaces and cellar details. Shame they demolished the place. wouldn’t it have been fantastic if they had not? Can you imagine a complete hall appearing from the depths?
3 lovely videos, thank you. I can't begin to imagine what it must have felt like to be told, you're going to have to move, because the goverment have decided to flood this area.
Thanks so much indeed. I've read this past week they are planning on doubling the capacity by flooding more land 😮
@@TrekkingExploration That's disgusting. We don't get enough rainfall fill what reservoirs we have, nevermind any new ones. ☹☹
Hi can someone tell me what the piano music he uses on here its wonderful
A lot of salvageable ornate stone work still there, wonder what the law is about that.
I love it up there but that was a sacrifice too far,the demolition of Derwent Hall and village.
Yes it was :(
I have a book that was wrote by a lady that was born in derwent village it’s amazing if you would be interested in a good read
Love your videos and back stories but is there anyway you can stop the wind noise please?
Thank you. I'd love to stop the wind it was pretty atrocious that day 😔
Shifting everyone out of that graveyard would have been a grave business. That said its October if that doesn't start filling with water soon people will be up the creek without a paddle, don't know what I'm saying there wont be a creek to be up in the first place.
😂😂 thanks for watching. I was back yesterday it's beginning to turn around. Derwent Reservoir is filling and Ladybower is all clay like again
@@TrekkingExploration That's a relief but water is like a bank account if you get my meaning.
Is that pumphouse abandoned too?
Yes its just an empty shell. Unusual how it was just left
Who enjoyed this video more: you making it or me watching it?
I can get over excited lol
The gyard WASN'T completely emptied.
Instead of all this guessing get a hold of Vic Hallams books to see exactly how Derwent looked before govt vandalism.
Loving your work Sir.
Thankyou very much :)
@@TrekkingExploration it's nice to see your numbers going up. Well and truly deserved 👍slick editing 👍
I wrote my name on the hexagonal tiles back in 95,seems too have worn off now😃
This, Ant, has been a superb mini series. It has everything anyone could possibly want. If only history lessons in school 60 years ago had been like this I might have shown some interest. This will take some beating for interest and enjoyment. Thank you. Bob
Totally agree. I am 54 and I can only remember endless Marie Antoinette and not much more in history lessons but this makes history come alive.
Great video! Many thanks
Thanks very much Steve :)
I wrote my name on the hexagonal tiles back in 95,seems too have worn off now😃
Brilliant series Ant, filming stunning. Very nostalgic with the music. So much history you are helping to keep alive. Thank you for all your hard work and research. Very much appreciated.
Thanks very much Shirley that's very kind. We've not quite finished yet either 😉
What a great video - the best I've seen on this topic! What an amazing old building the hall was - and what a shame it was destroyed in the name of progress. Imagine all the people watching their village being smashed to bits. 😢
Thanks so very much Ruth for your kind comment. Take a look at Part's 1 & 2 if you get the chance 🙂
Those yellow sandstones were the remains of the chapel attached to Derwent Hall as far as I'm aware
I agree with you
Can see quite a difference between my last visit on the 29th September, and your visit just 4 days later. That's just crazy. Wasn't possible to walk along that wall of the hall gardens at all when I went, was only just starting to appear above the water. The water level has also dropped more around the seat, was very wet mud on my visit.
The drone footage is excellent, really shows of the vast area the hall building covered, with all those rooms. Also can see a channel where the water ran in and out of the pump house.
Cheers Paul. It was even lower yesterday and i picked up a few odds and sods worth filming too :)
It would be interesting to know if there is some descendants still alive today of the old village especially any relatives of the young lad known as the Lost lad abrahim I think he is known as?
What was the purpose of that pump house?
That drone footage of the pump house shows something dug out that goes all the way up the valley
Very interesting
Absolutely fantastic, love the history and your enthusiasm 👏👏
You know at end, 32.11ish, u behind you, to of that hill where the farmhouse remains - during WW2 a Junkers 88 cRaSHeD. Complete wreck.
Built in 1672, wow! It would be a scheduled monument now if it had survived! If there was any building that should've been taken apart stone by stone and rebuilt somewhere else, derwent hall was it. Its an absolute tragedy that it was demolished without any thought.
Thank you so much for all three films, they’re simply superb! It does have an eerie feeling when you visit, especially first thing in the morning or in the twilight. The old photographs are just sooo emotive, all those heartbreaks must have been so hard to accept. Their lovely village and community..they probably knew most of the people, if not by name by sight of meeting each other at church or in the pub. That photo of them all outside the pub having a great time going on a jaunt somewhere, what a special day, and now all disappeared, very very sad. The music you play is perfect, gets you right in the heartstrings every time!
Must have been quite an experience staying at Derwent Hall when it was a youth-hostel! The hostel network was even more extensive than today, & along with being affordable, it was a great way to meet other young people during your holidays, no matter what mode of transport you opted for (cycling was most popular as it was much safer then)!
Great to learn about Derwent Hall now the water is receding to almost 2018 levels. I have a great picture of the ornate black garden-wall end before it had the edges knocked-off 😢. When I researched it I even found a picture of it exposed in I think the 50’s when someone graffitied it. We also saw some gateposts which looked as though they were originally opening onto the Derwent River at the rear of the hall.
Such a waste of a beautiful village and Derwent hall, just to build a reservoir.
The church and hall were beautifully built. Why weren't they dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere? Look at the lovely carving of the church door....😢
It all did look so lovely didn't it? Thank you for watching ☺️
I realise people need water - but was it worth all the vandalism in the long run ??
What an absolute Gem of a video so well produced and edited , really enjoyed watching it , only ever walked past when the reservoir was full and stopped to read the information board .
Glad you enjoyed it Mick. Thankyou. Be sure to have a look at the other 2 episodes
brilliant Ant, but so sad an elegiac as well. Wonder if they lorded it over us oiks while holding their noses! England so class ridden - even today.
Thanks very much David 🙂🙂