Monument record MDR12284 - Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (site of), Ladybower Reservoir, Ashopton

There is a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Ashopton, rebuilt in 1896 and seating 170 persons. The old chapel adjoining, built in 1840, is now used as a Sunday School. (1) Ashopton was lost along with the neighbouring Derwent when the Ladybower Reservoir was constructed in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Methodist Chapel at Ashopton was built in 1840. The final service was held in September 1939. The chapel was finally demolished, along with the remaining buildings in the village, in 1943. (2)