tarboat's photos with the keyword: castleton

Spigot mortar base at Windy Knoll overlooking the roads into Castleton in the Peak National Park. Mam Tor forms the background with Mam Nick on the left side. Presumably this was part of some form of defensive line in this area between Machester and Sheffield.

Arrow Mill, Castleton, Rochdale was was designed by Sydney Stott for R & T Howarth. It was built very quickly. The contract to build was signed in late 1906, the first brick was laid in January 1907, the engine first ran under steam in February 1908 and the first cotton was spun in this large mill fifteen months after the first brick was laid. It was acquired by Courtaulds Ltd in 1934 and sold by them to Arrow Mill Fabrics Ltd in 1979. This was the last cotton mill to operate in the Rochdale area and did not cease production until the late 1990s. It is now listed Grade II and is in multiple occupation.

Signalbox at Castleton East Junction where the line to Bury leaves the Manchester to Rochdale line. The end-on junction with the East Lancs Railway is a short distance along the Bury line towards Heywood. The line branching off on the nearside of the box served the welded rail depot that has been closed and demolished for some time.

The Blue Pits Inn at Castleton is said to have been so-named due to the blue clay that was excavated here when the Rochdale Canal was being built. For a number of years the building was used as the mortuary for Castleton (accessed from the Canal) and the two mortuary slabs are still in situ in the cellar. The current frontage is enlivened by the cream terracotta decoration including the pub name high up above the entrance.

Arrow Mill, Castleton, Rochdale, was was designed by Sydney Stott for R & T Howarth. It was built very quickly. The contract to build was signed in late 1906, the first brick was laid in January 1907, the engine first ran under steam in February 1908 and the first cotton was spun in this large mill fifteen months after the first brick was laid. It was acquired by Courtaulds Ltd in 1934 and sold by them to Arrow Mill Fabrics Ltd in 1979. This was the last cotton mill to operate in the Rochdale area and did not cease production until the late 1990s. It is now listed Grade II and is in multiple occupation.

Mam Tor is a 517 m (1,696 ft) hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name means "mother hill", so called because frequent landslips on its eastern face have resulted in a multitude of "mini-hills" beneath it. These landslips, which are caused by unstable lower layers of shale, also give the hill its alternative name of Shivering Mountain. In 1979, the continual battle to maintain the A625 road (Sheffield to Chapel en le Frith, seen running across this view) on the crumbling eastern side of the hill was lost when the road officially closed as a through-route. A stitch of three images in Photoshop.

Mam Tor is a 517 m (1,696 ft) hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name means "mother hill", so called because frequent landslips on its eastern face have resulted in a multitude of "mini-hills" beneath it. These landslips, which are caused by unstable lower layers of shale, also give the hill its alternative name of Shivering Mountain. In 1979, the continual battle to maintain the A625 road (Sheffield to Chapel en le Frith, seen running across this view) on the crumbling eastern side of the hill was lost when the road officially closed as a through-route.

Someone was watching my progress through the back streets of Castleton in Derbyshire. I don't think this was the use the makers of Cat Mate intended.

Spigot mortar base at Windy Knoll overlooking the roads into Castleton in the Peak National Park. The farmhouse to the right is at the top of the Winnats Pass whilst to the left is the now closed route of the Mam Tor road.

The Peak District and Northern Counties Footpaths Preservation Society was founded in Manchester in 1894. It evolved from The Manchester Association for the Preservation of Ancient Public Footpaths of 1826. It is the oldest surviving regional footpath society in the UK. This sign is dated 1908 and the society continues to erect signposts across the region when it considers one to be necessary, often at difficult path junctions in open country. An interesting brief history of the Society can be found here: www.peakandnorthern.org.uk/about-us/history.htm

The walled gin circle of the Hazard lead mine on Old Moor in Castleton Parish. The fencing encloses the deep engine shaft which had a depth of nearly 700 feet in the 1830's. The mine yielded some 5000 tons of lead ore before being abandoned.

Arrow Mill, Castleton, Rochdale was was designed by Sydney Stott for R & T Howarth. It was built very quickly. The contract to build was signed in late 1906, the first brick was laid in January 1907, the engine first ran under steam in February 1908 and the first cotton was spun in this large mill fifteen months after the first brick was laid. It was acquired by Courtaulds Ltd in 1934 and sold by them to Arrow Mill Fabrics Ltd in 1979. This was the last cotton mill to operate in the Rochdale area and did not cease production until the late 1990s. It is now listed Grade II and is in multiple occupation.