Bamford Edge by Chris Gilbert

Peak District History

The Peak District National Park and its nearby towns of Matlock, Matlock Bath and Wirkworth have some incredible history. Here are a few intriguing and humorous stories from the past, which have been published in the Peak Advertiser.

Trips Below the Peak District

Blue John Cavern and Blue John Mine, Castleton Of the fourteen distinct veins of Blue John, which is a unique ornamental mineral, no less...

Baslow WI Darlings

Edale Mountain Rescue – Ian Donaldson This is President Judith Barton's popular choice for our annual WI fundraising. Edale Mountain...

History in the Peak District

Photograph: Solomon's Temple near Buxton, courtesy of Rod Dunn. The history of the Peaks is not only written in its stone, although our...

THE PRINCE OF WALES & THE SINNERS OF TIDESWELL

In times past, royal visitors to the Peak were few and far between, but one day the Prince of Wales unexpectedly dropped in on Tideswell....

THE BRADWELL FEVER

Whilst Eyam is the most obvious place in the Peak to be linked to the word ‘plague’, parish records of other villages also contain...

Longnor

Many years ago a guide book crowned the village of Longnor “Capital of the moorlands”, lying as it does midway between the Dove and...

Winster

It is quite possible to pass through Winster and leave it again with a feeling that the village properly belongs to an earlier century....

The life and history of Brassington

by Julie Bunting Undocumented pre-history begins the story of the Brassington region with its numerous tumuli and finds of prehistoric...

JAMES BRINDLEY, A SON OF WORMHILL

Beside the main road in Wormhill is a stone drinking fountain inscribed ‘In memory of James Brindley, Canal Engineer, Born in this parish...

Samuel Fox of Bradwell

A certain item was once praised for its usefulness in beating dangerous dogs, stopping mad bulls in their tracks and thrashing erring...

SECRETS OF BAKEWELL BATH HOUSE

Bakewell seems to have been destined for fame for one reason or another but not, as some once hoped, as a spa. In the past there were...

DITTO WINE, SERVED AT EYAM

Around two hundred years ago, a couple named John and Mary Howe took over what was described as a neat and commodious inn opposite Eyam...