Whaley Bridge History

An application has been lodged with High Peak Council's Planning Department to convert the Soldier Dick into residential accommodation. The building...

Here you may download a copy of our latest Newsletter in either pdf or doc format: Newsletter April 2022.doc April 2022 Newsletter.pdf

We always...

The picture is undated although it is earlier than 1924, the year when the bridge was rebuilt. Reconstruction took over a year during which time the...

In 1863, John Warren wrote in his diary: William WELCH of Whaley Bridge was put in the Buxton Lockups for being Drunk and Disordley the cost was all...

Furness Vale History Society had been donated a leather bound book containing an 1898 inventory and valuation of Bingswood Printworks. It is almost...

In 1863, John Warren wrote in his diary: William WELCH of Whaley Bridge was put in the Buxton Lockups for being Drunk and Disordley the cost was all...

Furness Vale History Society has recently complete a video presentation of the history of the village. We tell the story of our community from the...

Happy New Year to everybody.

Furness Vale History Society's January Newsletter maybe downloaded from the links below. There is a choice of a doc or...

Our latest Newsletter has ghost stories a plenty, just in time for Halloween. This edition many other features as well as news, photos and...

Where was Poverty Hall ?
Where was The Old Tankard?
Study the first Ordnance Survey Map.

Discover these and lots more in our July Newsletter which...

Our Easter Newsletter has now been published.

Read about the fate of two Whaley Bridge criminals, a lesson in local dialect, reminiscences of World...

Hi, Anyone interested in a CSW Co-op plate there are two for sale on ebay.
One is priced too high I think at £42 but the othere is quite reasonable...

Hi All
Just to let anyone know who has the name Brocklehurst in their 'tree'
there is a postcard addressed to a Sallie of Market Street Whaley...

The derivation of the name Gow Hole is unknown. The earliest mention of this hamlet, so far traced, is Jawhill in 1587. In probate documents from...

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This is a photo taken in the drought, it is Errwood Reservoir. It is taken from a video I made at the time, so the quality is not brilliant....

Programme about the Mersey last night. The first few minutes are about the Goyt valley and New Mills, with a short sequence showing people crossing...

I'm planning a video showing Goyt's Bridge before it was flooded, using old photos, maps and excerpts from the 1930s cine film.

But I'm no historian...

On Wednesday, February 21st 1951, fifteen employees of Birch Vale Printworks, each with 50 or more years service with the Calico Printers Association...

A steam hauled excursion train The Tin Bath is due to pass through our valley between New Mills and Buxworth on Sunday 1st November. Hauled by...

Here are three photos taken today, 2nd August 2015 of Taxal pond.
It's nice to say that it looks great under it's new ownership, a bit like fort knox...

Here is a link to video about Whaley.

This email came in today with the two attached photographs, which are going on the site as requested.

I was born and brought up in Whaley Bridge,...

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Got this from Steve Lewis who is interested in history around these parts. Some of you may have seen his website on New Mills.

I have attached a...

Received the following email, and photograph, from a person who lives in Poynton. He does not wish to join the forum so to be on the safe side I will...