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Building record MDR9356 - Railway Workshop, High Peak Junction, Cromford & High Peak Railway

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A rubble built rectangular building measuring 12m x 7m on an east to west alignment. There is a window on the north elevation and a bricked-in window on the east elevation. The south side is of modern construction. The building is roofed in two separate parts with slates, possibly indicating two separate rooms in the past. There is a modern toilet block built on the west side. (1)

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 18.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 21-22.
  • <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: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 23-25, 101.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Blakemore, M & Mosley, D. 2003. Railways of the Peak District. p. 48.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. 'Onwards to Cromford and High Peak Junction', Scenes from the Past, 37. p. 74, 79, 82-83, 85-86.
  • <9> Bibliographic reference: Nixon, F. 1969. The Industrial Archaeology of Derbyshire. p. 156.
  • <10> Bibliographic reference: Coleford, I C. 1996. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 8-9, 11, 26.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 3134 5599 (11m by 11m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish CROMFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE
World Heritage Site Derwent Valley Mills

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  • EDR1790

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2015 3:18PM

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