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	Birchinlee
		Birchinlee is a hamlet in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England, on the western shore of Derwent Reservoir.
		It is the site of "Tin Town", a village built for the workers (and their families) who constructed the Derwent Dam early in the 20th century.
		At Birchinlee a "model village" was built; its infrastructure included a hospital, school, canteen (pub), post office, shops, recreation hall, public bath house, police station, railway station, rubbish dump with incinerator, and much else.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/b/bi/birchinlee.html (164 words)

	Birchinlee
		Birchinlee was a temporary hamlet in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England, on the western shore of Derwent Reservoir.
		It is the site of "Tin Town", a village built for the workers (and their families) who constructed the Derwent and Howden Dams between 1902 and 1916.
		Most of the workers had previously been engaged in the construction, in Wales, of the Elan Valley Reservoirs where the accommodation was very basic.
	www.1bx.com /en/Birchinlee.htm (266 words)

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		Birchinlee is a hamlet in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England, on the western shore of Derwent Reservoir.
		It is the site of "Tin Town", a village built for the workers (and their families) who constructed the Derwent Dam early in the 20th century.
		At Birchinlee a "model village" was built; its infrastructure included a hospital, school, canteen (pub), post office, shops, recreation hall, public bath house, police station, railway station, rubbish dump with incinerator, and much else.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Birchinlee (235 words)

	Derwent Valley Water Board, Birchinlee Village in the Derwent valley.
		Nearly a thousand people lived in the 'Tin Town' of Birchinlee of the West side of the the River Derwent whilst construction of the dams began in 1901 and finished in 1916.
		The majority of the buildings were of a temporary construction and had a tin corrugated roof and walls, however the residents of this village still wallpapered the interiors to make them homely.
		Strict "Rules and Regulations" had to be followed by the inhabitants of Birchinlee and these were drawn up by Edward Sandeman for the Derwent Valley Water Board.
	www.isleofwightattractions.co.uk /BirchinleeVillage.htm (529 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Tin Town - the Navvies of Birchinlee
		All of the buildings in Birchinlee village were prefabricated, and all were clad, roof as well as wall, in corrugated iron on a timber frame.
		Every home in Birchinlee had a water toilet (albeit in most cases in an outhouse behind the property), which was a rare distinction for any British village at the beginning of the 20th Century.
		Fittingly, his was the last family to leave Birchinlee in 1915, having lived for some months in the former Post Office as the rest of the buildings were demolished around them.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A28505333 (3261 words)

	Derwent & Howden Reservoirs, Upper Derwent Valley
		The Derwent and Howden dams built between 1901 and 1916 were made famous in 1943 when the RAF 617 Squadron used the dams to practise their famous Dambuster raid against the Ruhr dams in Germany.
		Building the Dams was such a big project a village had to be built called Birchinlee to house all the workers.
		This plaque shows Birchinlee Village known as "Tin Town", over one thousand people were involved in building Howden and Derwent Dams, the Dams were built to supply water to Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester.
	www.digicam69.co.uk /derwent_howden.htm (226 words)

	H2G2
		Hundreds of square miles of the land that the families overlooked are nowadays submerged beneath the swollen waters.
		Birchinlee is a lost village of this same valley too, but its story is different.
		The foundations of some of its buildings can still be traced among the bracken and the conifer plantations on the Derwent Reservoir's western edge.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A28505333 (196 words)

	British Archaeology magazine 59, June 2001
		Through systematic survey of these remains the Peak District National Park Authority has rediscovered the site, the ghost town of Birchinlee, which was home to the navvies who built those dams between 1901 and 1914.
		Birchinlee, known locally as Tin Town because of the corrugated iron, was built by the Derwent Valley Water Board as a result of two intertwined late 19th century social developments.
		One was the idea of 'model settlements', which were built by more philanthropic employers such as Cabdury and Lever to produce better-motivated and efficient workers through well-organised social surroundings.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /BA/ba59/feat3.shtml (2242 words)

	Chapter 5. Bumpsticks
		At Chichester we was laying a pipe track opposite the barrack gates and I got buried there.
		Soldier Tom was stabbed to death trying to stop a knife-fight between a man and a woman on the Castle Cary-Langport line, 190$.
		Grimsby Jack overdosed with laudanum at Birchinlee, 1911.
	www.victorianweb.org /victorian/history/work/sullivan/5.html (5197 words)

	Upper Derwent Valley - BirdForum Opus
		Derwent was finished in 1916 and Birchinlee soon became abandoned.
		Little now remains of Birchinlee today although it is possible to find signs if you take a walk around the area and there are some interpretation boards.
		The result was Birchinlee (also called Tin Town), a purpose built village part way between the two dams, on the eatsern side of the Valley.
	www.birdforum.net /opus/index.php?title=Upper_Derwent_Valley&curid=26451&diff=75681&oldid=75618&bird_birdforum_o__session=6e1af59ccfd7e867c8d5dcfa9115b1e7 (1782 words)

	Upper Derwent Valley - Biocrawler
		West of the Derwent, a large village known as 'Tintown' was created for the 'navvies' - the workers who built the dams, and their families, many of whom came from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Wales.
		For a detailed description and photos, see: Birchinlee.
		Pack Horse bridge in the Upper Derwent Valley.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Upper_Derwent_Valley (334 words)

	Sherwood Caving Club
		A site above Grindleford railway station - Bole Hill Quarry - was chosen to supply around 1.2million tons of stone for the reservoir walls and railway infrastructure was constructed to support the quarrying operation.
		A village called Birchinlee was constructed in the valley to house the workers, consisting of well ordered corrugated iron homes along with shops, a school and a village hall.
		The village, known as 'Tin Town', was dismantled on completion of the dams but the old village site can still be seen alongside the Derwent Reservoir just to the north of Fairholmes Visitor Centre.
	www.sherwoodcavingclub.co.uk /Derwent.htm (236 words)

	Walk #145: A circular walk to Margery Hill from Derwent Resevoir
		They are in the process of making these dams stronger, and they have reopened a quarry nearby to provide the stone for the work.
		Howden dam was built in 1901 and Derwent dam in 1916, and a village called Birchinlee was built to house the workers on these two dams.
		The larger reservoir of Ladybower immediatey to the south of Fairholmes car park was finished in 1943 and took two years to fill.
	www.britishwalks.org /walks/2001/145.php (1592 words)

	Chesterfield & District Campaign for Real Ale - The InnSpire Archives
		Known locally as ‘Tin Town’ because the buildings’ corrugated iron, it housed 250 to 500 people between 1901 and 1914 whilst the Derwent and Howden dams were completed.
		Although it was eight miles away, this was the nearest pub to Birchinlee.
		2 Birchinlee – the workmen’s village of the Derwent Valley Water Board – Brian Robinson (1983).
	www.innspire.org.uk /archives/pubprofiles/2006.html (973 words)

	Chesterfield & District Campaign for Real Ale - The InnSpire Archives
		Known locally as ‘Tin Town’ because the buildings’ corrugated iron, it housed 250 to 500 people between 1901 and 1914 whilst the Derwent and Howden dams were completed.
		Although it was eight miles away, this was the nearest pub to Birchinlee.
		2 Birchinlee – the workmen’s village of the Derwent Valley Water Board – Brian Robinson (1983).
	www.chesterfieldcamra.org.uk /archives/pubprofiles/2006.html (964 words)

	peak district local history, customs, wildlife, transport - Peakland Heritage
		Scarlet fever and diphtheria patients from Edale were sent to one at Chinley.
		A fever hospital was erected at Birchinlee during construction of the Upper Derwent Dams, where a “tin town” was built to house the navvies and their families.
		Only one patient was ever admitted to the lonely isolation hospital in the fields at Water Grove, near Wardlow.
	www.peaklandheritage.org.uk /redirect.asp?peakkey=10301321 (467 words)

	Ladybower, Derwent & Howden reservoirs - Peak District
		Visitors to the Dams and Dambusters Museum can see video footage and memorabilia of their mission, as well as marvel at the feat of engineering in the construction of the three Dams.
		The museum boasts a wealth of information about the local area including the sacrificed villages of Ashopton and Derwent, the story of the village of Birchinlee which was known as ‘Tin Town’, and an amazing collection of local memorabilia and artefacts.
		In addition, as the Dams & Dambusters Museum is in such a spectacular location it is a great starting point from which to discover the majestic Derwent and Howden Reservoirs, quiet forests and wild open moorland of the Upper Derwent Valley.
	www.yorkshire-bridge.co.uk /tourist/The-Upper-Derwent-valley-reservoirs.html (973 words)

	Derwent 1
		The Upper Valley of the Derwent is a deep valley surrounded by gritstone edges and dominated by three great reservoirs.
		The upper two dams, Howden and Derwent, were constructed between 1901 and 1916 and they were such a large undertaking that a village called Birchinlee was constructed in the upper valley to house the workers and a narrow-gauge railway was built between Howden Dam and the Midland Railway at Bamford.
		Traces of both these may still be seen.
	www.picturesquebydesign.com /derwent1.html (132 words)

	Daily Bread - A Tideswell Mans' Weblog: Birchinlee, Derbyshire - The Gregory Brothers Store
		More gems from my second cousin Malcolm Gregory, I asked in a letter if Malcolm knew anything about the Gregory brothers owning a shop in the temporary village of Birchinlee, which was constructed to house the workers who worked on the Derwent Dams over Bamford, Derbyshire.
		No sooner had I asked then Malcolm had kindly sent me this beautiful Photo.
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
	tideswellman.blogspot.com /2007/03/birchinlee-derbyshire-gregory-brothers.html (150 words)

	peak district local history, customs, wildlife, transport - Peakland Heritage
		It would have been a good long walk for them to the nearest school at Rowsley or Bakewell.
		In later times basic facilities were built for the workforce like the temporary village at Birchinlee.
		In the 1860s they were just left to sort themselves out as best they could.
	www.peaklandheritage.org.uk /redirect.asp?peakkey=01300321 (338 words)

	Derwent Reservoir walks - Howden Reservoir walk - The Dambusters Dam walk - walks in Yorkshire
		Workers were housed in a temporary village of corrugated iron huts.
		Tin Town, as it was known, was sited at the foot of Birchinlee Pasture on the far side of the Derwent Reservoir.
		The two hundred-footplus high dams held back 4,100 million gallons of water, which submerged beautiful pastures.
	www.dalesman.co.uk /walks/derwent.htm (803 words)

	Chapter 8. Sod Huts and Shants
		There was a navvy settlement at Birchinlee and they wouldn't let navvies in until they'd been perfumigated in case they were carrying lice.
		I worked in the concrete gang on the lower dam and lodged with Waxie Bean, a Northampton.
		It was a proper little town at Birchinlee.
	www.victorianweb.org /victorian/history/work/sullivan/8.html (3867 words)

	Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
		The Howden and Derwent Dams were built early in the 20th century.
		The 1,000 or so navvies and their families were housed in corrugated iron shacks at Birchinlee.
		Purpose built houses were erected close to the reservoir, at Yorkshire Bridge, for the displaced villagers.
	www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /bamford.htm (1276 words)

	Birch Radio, Rochdale
		Exciting times are afoot for Springhill Hospice, as they get ready to go country and western for their biggest fundraising event to date.
		'Grand Ole Hospice Hoedown', is a unique barn dance event at Birchinlee Manor in Milnrow in mid-September which will be decked out traditional barn dance style.
		To make it event more fun, Coconut Shy's, Horse Shoe Throws and Tombola's will all be readily available, along with live entertainment from traditional Country and Western group, The Big Whistle Band', comedian Dudley Dolittle and a potato pie supper to finish.
	www.birchradio.co.uk /news/news.htm (226 words)

	CBC - Club Trips
		The RSPB and DOS groups gradually headed up the valley leaving us to pick up on Raven, Buzzard, Kestrel and prolonged views of a Peregrine which showed just how powerful a flyer they can be.
		Next stop was Birchinlee, where Matthew provided a short history lesson on the valley and the village (Birchinlee) where all the workers that built the dams lived.
		After that it was on to the top of the valley where siskins, coal tits, treecreepers and other assorted woodland birds put on a good show but Crossbill views were rather brief.
	www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk /cbc/ClubTrips.asp (681 words)

	Sheffield Forum - The Village Beneath The Dam - Page 4
		Then I parked up at Birchinlee and had a good look round, taking photos.
		I was dead chuffed to find the exact (ho, ho) location of the Post Office (across the road and on the first earth terrace from the Derwent Canteen cellar).
		I assume my great grandmother resided at Birchinlee whilst she was working with the Post Mistress, but she was from Sheffield.
	www.sheffieldforum.co.uk /showthread.php?t=83080&page=4 (1734 words)

	Bamford Village within the Peak District National Park
		A temporary village for the men working on the dams and their families was built in the Derwent Valley.
		It was officially called Birchinlee, but was always known locally as ‘Tin Town’, after the style of construction of the workers' housing.
		Up to 2,000 people came to work on the dams, and some families stayed, their descendents still live in Bamford.
	www.bamfordvillage.co.uk (420 words)

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		In 1899, the Derwent Valley Water Board was set up to supply water to Derby City, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, and the two Gothic-style dams were built across the River Derwent to create Howden Reservoir (1912) and Derwent Reservoir (1916).
		West of the Derwent, a large village known as Birchinlee, locally known as 'Tintown' was created for the 'navvies' - the workers who built the dams, and their families, many of whom came from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Wales.
		A narrow gauge railway, for transporting materials, connected the Water Board offices in Bamford with the work site.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Upper_Derwent_Valley (482 words)

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