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Monument record MDR9559 - Boundary and Retaining Wall, Chapel-en-le-Frith Incline, Peak Forest Tramway, Chapel-en-le-Frith

Type and Period (2)

  • (Georgian to Victorian - 1795 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • (Georgian to Victorian - 1795 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Retaining wall forming the west side of embankment, SMR 29921. The wall is of drystone construction using irregular, flat gritstone blocks. The wall retains a drop of approximately one to two metres. NGR: SK 06638 80650 - SK 06779 80374. (1) Line of former drystone retaining and boundary wall, running up from the foot of the west boundary of the Chapel 'plane'. Built as a double line of rails from the start in 1795 to 1796, as the incline was self-acting. Lower part of incline built over by Chapel's housing. (8)

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 32.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. p 58, 62, 64.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Lamb, B. 1968. 'The canal, Bugsworth complex and tramway: a discourse in maps', The Peak Forest Canal and Tramway.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Findlow, A (Inland Waterways Preservation Society). 2001. An Assessment of the Archaeological and Historical Significance of Bugsworth Basin.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2003. OS Landline (2003) from EDINA Digimap. 1:2000.
  • <6> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). IX. 13.
  • <7> Map: OS. 2002. OS Explorer OL1 (2002).
  • <8> Unpublished document: Duckworth, S, Jessop, O and A Badcock (ARCUS). 2006. Conservation Management Plan, Peak Forest Tramway, Derbyshire. Feature Nos 32a, 32b.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 06655 80611 (252m by 493m) Approximate
Civil Parish CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • EDR2263
  • EDR1790
  • EDR3300

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Record last edited

Jun 11 2024 11:34AM

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