EPW043801 ENGLAND (1934). Thornley Wood, Lands Wood, Mill Lane and the Garesfield and Chopwell Railway, Winlaton Mill, 1934

Cockoo Nannys

Barkwood House

Primrose Cottage

River Derwent

Golden Lion Inn

Site of the Winlaton Mill Ironworks of Ambrose Crowley III begun around 1697. Consisted of dams. leats. blast furnaces, slitting mills and workers housing. One of the earliest integrated industrial sites in the Europe and pre-dating the Abraham Derby works at Coalbrookdale. Crowley and his heris operated a sophistacted production and supply system from here and warehouses at Swalwell and Greenwhich on the Thames, largely to supply the British Navy. The works were closed by the mid 19th century and later built over by a 20th cetury coke works. Restoration as a park around 1992 has left part of the dam and spillway (a scheduled monument) on display.

Snook Hill

Thornley Wood

Lands Wood

Garesfield and Chopwell Railway 1896 – 1961 Now "Old Colliery Railway Footpath". A short stretch of track on the footpath holds a couple of coal wagons. Initial use was t carry bricks to build the colliery, from High Spen to Chopwell. Subsequently used to move coal - 3000 tons per day. The line joined the "mainline" at High Spen where there had been a colliery since around 1800. The coal was taken to the River Tyne (Derwenthaugh). The mines at Chopwell and High Spen closed in 1960 and the line after passing from LNER to BR was closed.