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Monument record MDR9464 - Tramway (route of) to Middleton quarries, Middleton Top

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Course of a narrow gauge tramway from Middleton. The route survives as a trackway approximately 6m wide, between the siding and the main track/boundary wall. It continues as a farm track/footpath between two tumbled limestone drystone walls and the tramway itself is visible as an earthwork.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 120.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 175.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. pp 42, 43.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. 'Onwards to Cromford and High Peak Junction', Scenes from the Past, 37. p 32.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 27710 55365 (261m by 790m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish MIDDLETON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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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