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The worst drought for 40 years meant the sunken village of Derwent, near Sheffield re-emerged from the waters of the Ladybower Dam, ... Ladybower Reservoir is a large ‘Y’ shaped reservoir, ...
In 2018, a hot, dry summer descended on the English Midlands, and as the waters of the Ladybower Reservoir fell, the lost village of Derwent emerged. It was all gone. The lanes of gritstone ...
The villages of Derwent and Ashopton vanished beneath the waters of Ladybower Reservoir in 1943, their churches, pubs, farms, ...
The village church of St John and St James in the heart of the village, with seating for 140 parishioners, was initially left intact when the evacuated valley was flooded in 1945.
Completed in 1977, the reservoir covers an area of 3,100 acres, and with a storage capacity of 124,000 million litres (27,000 million gallons), provides not only water for domestic and industrial ...
Derwent in Ladybower Reservoir, in Derbyshire, was submerged for almost 80 years until low levels of water in recent weeks revealed the site which includes churches, limestone cottages and ...
In episode one of the Channel 5 show, Dan and Helen took to the waters of Ladybower Reservoir and heard the story of the sunken villages of Derwent and Ashopton. Both were demolished in the early ...
THESE haunting 19th century photos show daily life in an idyllic village that was wiped off the map by the creation of a huge reservoir. Ashopton in north Derbyshire had a population of about 100 p… ...
Vandals have scratched graffiti on buildings, and stones have been removed from walls of a lost Derbyshire village, hidden beneath Ladybower reservoir. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...
Safety warning issued after walkers get stuck in deep mud exploring sunken villages at Ladybower Reservoir near Sheffield. By Lee Peace. Deputy Editor. Published 23rd Oct 2022, 12:57 BST.
The long-lost ruins of a submerged church have been unearthed after reservoir levels dropped. Back in the 1940s, the village of Derwent in Derbyshire was flooded to make way for the Ladybower ...
Close to the village of Melbourne in South Derbyshire lies Staunton Harold reservoir which was created in 1964 to supply the growing city of Leicester. "It still brings a tear to my eye when I ...