largely hidden from view by the chestnut trees around it. A church was recorded on the site in the Domesday survey of 1086. The present Chapel is believed to have been a complete rebuild from the early 1500s and was the main place of worship for the village. Gladwyn Turbutt wrote, "it is not unlikely that Hugh Willoughby, Sergeant at Arms to Henry VIII, rebuilt Trinity Chapel as a memorial to his wife Margaret, who died in 1511." The chapel came under the jurisdiction of the rectors of Morton. It had the rights of baptism and marriage, but not of burial, explaining the lack of gravestones surrounding it.”

Even in 17th century the location of the chapel was considered inconvenient and there were calls for a new church nearer the centre of the village. However, this did not happen for another two hundred years, until Gladwin Turbutt, the last Victorian squire in Derbyshire, donated the site for a new parish church. The chapel was finally abandoned in 1857, following the consecration of Holy Trinity Church, Brackenfield. Grade II listed Trinity Chapel is currently on Historic England's "at risk" register.

Peakdale church

Drove past this so had yo stop and have a look , This former High Peak church is situated in the village of Peak Dale, Derbyshire. It was founded in 1886 and cost £1,500 to build in stone in a modern Gothic style. Consisting of a chancel and nave, it had an unfinished western tower, containing one bell. An organ was installed in 1902, and there where seats for a congregation of 200 persons.

In 1890 a burial ground of half an acre, granted by F.W. Bagshawe. It apparently closed around 2014 and has been empty ever since .

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Cow dale lime kilns buxton

Just on the edge of buxton, overlooking the main road. I’ve driven past what must be hundreds of times but I’d never actually been up until today. I parked in a layby and walked about 100 yards to a gate and the first building is a neo-commumist-egyptian style admin block . The first structure you come to is the gatehouse clearly visible from the A6.Cowdale quarry was initially established in 1898 by the New Buxton Lime Co and listed as 'Staden Quarry'. The large stone-built kilns standing 50 foot high included a network of railway sidings above the A6. The four shaft kilns were taken over by the Buxton Lime Firms in 1908 and, shortly afterwards in 1909, three concrete buildings (the gate-house, power house and ancillary building) were built close to the A6 in a highly unusual 'neo-Egyptian' style.

The firm supplied high quality lime to Brunner Mond who finally bought BLF in 1918. In the mid-1920s concrete buttresses were added to the kilns shortly before the works were merged in 1927 to form I.C.I. Ltd. Quarrying ceased in 1948 but the works remained in operation until 1955 in order to store stone. In the latter part of the 20th century the tramlines were removed and some of the mine's buildings were demolished. The remaining works were left to slowly decay.

In 1997 English Heritage assessed the quarry as part of its 'Monument Protection Plan', concluding that the site contained 'very impressive remains'. In 2010 a development proposal by Buxton Water to use the site as a water bottling plant and for storage was tabled. It also included plans for the development of a heritage visitor's centre and heritage trail. This required the need for the establishment of improved road access and the subsequent demolition of the power house. The planning application was refused in June 2011 and again on appeal in September 2012. However the power house was demolished in controversial circumstances in May 2011

The atmospheric remains of Magpie Mine are one of the best places to visit in the Peak District and one of the topindustrial heritage sites in Derbyshire. It was the last working lead mine in the Derbyshire orefield and is probably the best surviving example anywhere in the UK of a 19th century lead mine. The mine has a fascinating history spanning more than 200 years of bonanzas and failures, of bitter disputes and fights resulting in the “murder” of three miners, and a Widows’ Curse that is said to remain to this day.

Trinity chapel

Peakdale church

Cow dale lime kilns buxton