Ashopton

E493691

Ashopton was a village in Derbyshire, England, that was submerged in the mid-20th century during the creation of Ladybower Reservoir.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ashopton canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former village ⓘ
submerged settlement ⓘ
administrativeCountyHistoric Derbyshire ⓘ
buildingsDemolished all main village buildings ⓘ
commemoratedBy interpretive signage ⓘ
memorial plaque ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalAssociation one of the drowned villages of the Derwent Valley ⓘ
currentSite under waters of Ladybower Reservoir ⓘ
demolishedFor Ladybower Reservoir ⓘ
evacuatedFor construction of Ladybower Reservoir ⓘ
floodedFor Ladybower Reservoir ⓘ
fullySubmergedByYear 1945 ⓘ
governedByHistoric Derbyshire County authorities ⓘ
heritageStatus lost village ⓘ
locatedIn Derbyshire ⓘ
Derwent Valley ⓘ
England ⓘ
Peak District ⓘ
locatedNear Bamford ⓘ
Derwent ⓘ
linked to: River Derwent

Snake Pass ⓘ
locatedNextTo River Ashop ⓘ
memorialLocation near Ladybower Reservoir ⓘ
notableEvent demolition and flooding for Ladybower Reservoir project ⓘ
notableStructureLost Ashopton Chapel ⓘ
oftenMentionedWith Derwent (submerged village) ⓘ
parishChurch Ashopton Chapel ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small rural community ⓘ
preSubmergenceLandscape riverside meadows ⓘ
valley farmland ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
farming ⓘ
reasonForSubmergence creation of a drinking water reservoir ⓘ
water supply needs for Derbyshire and South Yorkshire ⓘ
region East Midlands ⓘ
religiousDenomination Methodist ⓘ
linked to: Methodist churches
submergedBy Ladybower Reservoir ⓘ
submergedInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
submergedYearApprox 1943 ⓘ
successorSettlement no direct replacement village ⓘ
tourismAssociation Ladybower Reservoir visitor area ⓘ
linked to: Ladybower Reservoir
transportRouteNearbyHistoric road between Sheffield and Glossop ⓘ
valley Ashop Valley ⓘ
visibleWhen water levels of Ladybower Reservoir are very low ⓘ
watercourse River Ashop ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Win Hill → near → Ashopton ⓘ
Ashopton Viaduct → locatedNear → Ashopton ⓘ
S33 → containsSettlement → Ashopton ⓘ