Trevor Summerson's Pictures of Cressbrook

Cressbrook, Derbyshire

This is Water-cum-Jolly, a favourite place for fishermen, birdwatchers, walkers and rock-climbers alike. The best scenery of all is by the former millpond just at the end of the walk, where ducks, coots and grebes live, climbers dangle on Rubicon wall, and fishermen are often to be seen.

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River Wye at Cressbrook Mill, Cressbrook, Derbyshire

The image is a run off to the former mill and feeds water under the grounds of the Mill and exits through a turbine back onto the River.

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Cressbrook Mill, Cressbrook, Derbyshire

Cressbrook Mill on the Monsal Dale. The mill closed down in 1965 with a loss of about 300 jobs. The closure changed the character of the village somewhat in that many inhabitants left, to be replaced by more professional people who are hardly ever seen.

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Cressbrook Mill, Cressbrook, Derbyshire

Cressbrook Mill and Dam - Rubicon Wall on the Water cum Jolly Dale. Cressbrook Mill has been tastefully re-developed using a combination of complementary new build and careful renovation of existing listed buildings to provide a superb range of apartments and houses in four buildings.

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Cressbrook, English Countryside, Derbyshire

Cressbrook Mill, Cressbrook, Derbyshire

The original mill was constructed by Sir Richard Arkwright in 1785, and still stands as the part of the mill closest to the river, but the magnificent main building was erected in 1815 by Arkwright's agent, William Newton, a local character whom Anna Seward dubbed 'The Minstrel of the Peak'. The mill brought work and prosperity to the area and the mill owners were responsible for the construction of most of the village, starting with the apprentices' cottages just behind the mill building, which predate the main building by several years.

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