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Monument record MDR9348 - Retaining Wall, Cromford Transhipment Wharf, Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

  • (Hanoverian to Victorian - 1831 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • World Heritage Site

Full Description

NGR: SK 31443 55733 - SK 31399 55952. Drystone retaining wall between the A6 to the west and bordering the access road to Cromford Wharf. Constructed from gritstone blocks, approximately 1-3m high. (1)

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 9.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 9.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2003. OS Landline (2003) from EDINA Digimap. 1:2000.
  • <4> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). XXXIV.11.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. 'Onwards to Cromford and High Peak Junction', Scenes from the Past, 37. pp 79, 84-85, 88.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Coleford, I C. 1996. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. pp 8, 10, 19.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. pp 15, 22, 24-25.
  • <9> Bibliographic reference: Marshall, J. 1996. The Cromford & High Peak Railway. pp 11, 25, 44, 46 (photographs).

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 3140 5582 (68m by 262m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish CROMFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE
World Heritage Site Derwent Valley Mills

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

Dec 21 2018 9:27AM

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