Blackwell Mill
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Blackwell Mill is a location in Derbyshire, England; it lies near to, but not part of, the village of Blackwell near Buxton. It stands at the meeting point of several valleys: Great Rocks Dale, Chee Dale and Ashford Dale. A railway station was sited here by the Midland Railway; it operated for 92 years.
History
There was once a corn mill on the River Wye which may have dated from 1066. Most of it has disappeared, apart from the weir; the remains are marked as an Ancient Monument.
In times past, the Manchester Turnpike forded the river.
Railway
The Midland Railway main line from London St Pancras to Manchester London Road passed through Blackwell Mill. It was opened as part of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway. This point was the south curve of the triangular junction which it built when it, instead, extended to New Mills.
There was a railway station variously called Blackwell Mill or Blackwell Mill Halt. Long enough only for one carriage, for many years it was the smallest passenger station on British Railways. It consisted of two short platforms, with no buildings, apart from a small shelter. The station was last used in June 1966 and officially closed in 1967. The halt was for the railway workers who lived in the eight still-occupied terraced cottages nearby in the valley.[1]
The station was included in a Pathé News film in 1938.[2]
The branch carried on into Buxton along Wye Dale, crossing the main A6 road and the river by a high twin-arched girder bridge, before entering Pig Tor Tunnel (191 yards), where it emerged into Ashwood Dale, followed by the Script error: No such module "convert". Ashwood Dale Tunnel.[3]
Passengers and goods from Template:Rws wishing to transfer to or from the Midland Railway travelled past this point, then change trains at Millers Dale.
In 2024 although now derelict, the building and platforms are still standing.
Route
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| Buxton (Midland) | style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Midland Railway Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway |
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The site today
Today, Blackwell Mill marks the northern end of the Monsal Trail, a shared-use path from Bakewell, which follows the former trackbed of the Midland Railway.
See also
References
Citations
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Sources
- Truman, P., Hunt, D., (1989) Midland Railway Portrait, Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing
- Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak, Unicorn Books
External links
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- Transport in Derbyshire
- Peak District
- Rail transport in Derbyshire
- Former Midland Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967