Derwent (submerged village)

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Derwent (submerged village) was a former village in Derbyshire, England, that was abandoned and flooded in the mid-20th century to create the Derwent Reservoir.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Derwent (submerged village) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former village ⓘ
submerged settlement ⓘ
abandoned 20th century ⓘ
accessRestrictedTo reservoir margins ⓘ
associatedWithInfrastructure Derwent Dam ⓘ
Howden Dam ⓘ
Ladybower Dam ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentStatus underwater ruins ⓘ
demolishedBeforeFlooding true ⓘ
floodedFor Derwent Reservoir ⓘ
governedByBeforeSubmergence Derbyshire County Council ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation local folklore about drowned villages ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus site of historical interest ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod 19th–20th century ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage documentaries about lost villages ⓘ
local history publications ⓘ
historicalCounty Derbyshire ⓘ
historicalFunction residential settlement ⓘ
rural agricultural community ⓘ
locatedIn Derbyshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Peak District ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory High Peak ⓘ
locatedInRiverBasin River Derwent ⓘ
locatedInWaterbody Derwent Reservoir ⓘ
locatedNear Bamford ⓘ
Glossop ⓘ
Howden Reservoir ⓘ
Ladybower Reservoir ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
namedAfter River Derwent ⓘ
notableNearbyFeatureBeforeSubmergence Derwent Hall ⓘ
Derwent church ⓘ
partOf Derwent Valley ⓘ
Derwent civil parish ⓘ
linked to: Derwent village

Upper Derwent Valley reservoir scheme ⓘ
populationAfterSubmergence 0 ⓘ
primaryPurposeOfReservoir public water supply ⓘ
reasonForFlooding construction of a water supply reservoir ⓘ
remainsInclude bridge abutments ⓘ
building foundations ⓘ
road surfaces ⓘ
submergedIn mid-20th century ⓘ
topicOf articles on submerged villages in Britain ⓘ
tourismRelatedTo reservoir walks and viewpoints ⓘ
transportConnectionBeforeSubmergence local roads through Derwent Valley ⓘ
visibleWhenWaterLow true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Derwent Reservoir → hasNearbyVillage → Derwent (submerged village) ⓘ
Ashopton → oftenMentionedWith → Derwent (submerged village) ⓘ