Wonders of the Peak

Buxton Museum & Art Gallery

Local History

1. People of the past

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Imagine this quiet valley dotted with houses, the smoke of hearths drifting into the sky. The fields are busy with farmers tending crops and livestock.

So far, historical research has revealed the de Whitul family owned land in the 1200s, and pottery found during excavations testifies to activity here in the 1000s, possibly only a couple of decades after the Noman invasion of 1066 CE.

Look across the valley for the remains of the Norman motte and bailey castle at Pilsbury. Was there a link between it and Whitle?

 

2. Dove Dale

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This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil drawing of Dove Dale depicting The Straights where the valley gets very narrow, on buff paper, dated 23rd August 1827.

1. Dove Dale

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This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil drawing of Dove Dale with Ilam rock and Pickering Tor, on buff paper, dated 23rd August 1827.

View of Monsal Dale

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This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil drawing of the view of Monsal Dale (without the Headstone viaduct) with a travelling family struggling up the hill heavily laden with a donkey and small children. It is dated 12th June 1828.

The Hollow Tor on the Wye near Litton

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This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil drawing of the rock formations above the River Wye including Ravenstor and Water cum Jolly Dale overhangs, dated 11th June 1828.

Water Wheel at Litton Mill

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This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil and colour wash drawing of the remains of the water wheel (intact) at Litton Mill with a man to scale, and the ruins of the mill destroyed in a fire in 1811 in which it was seriously damaged. It is dated 12th June 1828.