Ashover

Originally posted for the Guesswhere UK group. Ashover is a delightful village between Clay Cross and Matlock, set in an idyllic location off the main Peak District tourist track. The view is to the north-east, across the valley of the River Amber. See where this picture was taken. [?]

This is the Stone Edge chimney and reservoir near Ashover, Derbyshire. It is recorded as being the oldest industrial chimney in Britain, built around 1770 as part of a lead-smelting cupola.

Nice silver birch trees at the edge of the reservoir at Stone Edge cupola, near Ashover, Derbyshire

This is the Stone Edge chimney near Ashover, Derbyshire. It is recorded as being the oldest industrial chimney in Britain, built around 1770 as part of a lead-smelting cupola.

The beautiful village of Ashover, Derbyshire nestles in the valley of the River Amber. Escarpments of Ashover Grit all around enhance the sheltered bowl-like setting for the village. I was especially struck by the light and colours of the fresh foliage on this lovely Spring morning.

This plate is set into a stone plinth near the base of the Stone Edge chimney.

Clouds and sunlit fields viewed SE over the River Amber valley taken from the old Gregory lead mine site, near Ashover, Derbyshire. In the distance is the Ogston Reservoir and the small but well defined hill on the right is Ashover Hay.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK Group. This is the Stone Edge chimney near Ashover, Derbyshire. It is recorded as being the oldest industrial chimney in Britain, built around 1770 as part of a lead-smelting cupola.

This 'fence' is made from rough-hewn slabs of Ashover Grit (Namurian), and divides the fields from the ancient stone-slabbed track, just SW of Ashover, Derbyshire.