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	Cromford and High Peak Railway, Cromford Wharf to Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire
		Construction of the railway was authorised by Parliament on the 2 May 1825, the Cromford and High Peak Railway Company was incorporated on the 2 May 1825 and the first General Meeting was held on the 26 May 1825.
		Cromford lies in the parish of Wirksworth in the County of Derby and Whaley Bridge lay in the County Palatine of Chester but today it is in the County of Derby as a result of boundary changes.
		The first was from Cromford Wharf (later extended to join the Midland Railway at High Peak Junction) to Hurdlow, a distance of 15½ miles, which opened on the 29 May 1830 and the second was from Hurdlow to Whaley Bridge, a distance of 17½ miles, which opened on the 6 July 1831.
	www.brocross.com /iwps/pages/chpr/chpr.htm (2244 words)

	Cromford and High Peak Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cromford and High Peak Railway (CandHPR) was a railway built in the 1830s and operated by the London and North Western Railway to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge.
		The railway was powered by horses on the flat sections and stationary steam engines on the nine inclined planes, and it took around two days to complete the 33 mile journey.
		Near Cromford, the railway passed under Black Rocks a popular gritstone climbing ground, and gave the name to the 'railway slab', a short tricky 'boulder problem' by the railway track.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tissington_Trail (483 words)

	Cromford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cromford, in Derbyshire, England, is a village that is one of the significant sites in the development of the Industrial Revolution.
		The Cromford and High Peak Railway ran from Cromford to Whaley Bridge.
		Cromford railway station is located on the Matlock - Derby Derwent Valley Line, and can be seen on the cover of the 1995 Oasis single Some Might Say.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cromford (181 words)

	Whaley Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Peak Forest Canal was connected to the Cromford Canal by the Cromford and High Peak Railway, originally using horse-drawn carriages.
		The northern terminus of the Cromford and High Peak Railway was at Whaley Bridge.
		This railway was fully opened for the public and for trade on the 6 July 1831 and it linked the Cromford Canal at High Peak Wharf to the wharf at the head of the Whaley Bridge Branch of the Peak Forest Canal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whaley_Bridge (557 words)

	High Peak trail in Derbyshire and the Peak District region of England - walking and cycling route on old railway track
		The High Peak Trail follows the route of the former Cromford and High Peak Railway which was opened in 1830 and closed in 1967, connecting High Peak Junction near Cromford to Dowlow near Buxton and joining the Tissington Trail at Parsley Hay.
		The High Peak Trail is a traffic free trail suitable for walkers, cyclists and horse riders passing through some of Derbyshire’s finest countryside.
		High Peak Trail is now the start of the Pennine Bridleway with the cycle route starting at Middleton Top and the Horse riding route at Hartington.
	www.derbyshireuk.net /highpeak_trail.html (383 words)

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		From Longcliffe the High Peak Trail extends for a further Ten and a Half miles within the Peak park from the boundary at Daisy Bank via Parsley Hay where it connects with the Tissington Trail, to Buxton.
		The Cromford and High Peak Railway, opened in 1830, and was one of the earliest railways in the country.
		High Peak Junction, starts at the base of Sheep Pasture Incline, and is full of interesting railway buildings, notably the former railway workshop, which is now the Visitors Centre, and the Wharf Shed where goods were transferred between the railway and canal.
	www.stmarks.org.uk /2ndhaydockbbwebsite/bbqueensbadge/bbexpo.htm (2107 words)

	Main Page
		Following the closure of The Cromford and High Peak Railway, the land was purchased jointly by Derbyshire County Council and the Peak Park Planning Board and in partnership with the Countryside Commission converted into the High Peak Trail.
		The High Peak Trail is the longest of the trails in the Peak district and links with the Tissington Trail at Parsley Hay.
		The Cromford and High Peak Trail is suitable for walkers, cyclists and horse riders and there is no better way of exploring the beautiful countryside of Derbyshire and the Peak District.
	www.railwaywalks.co.uk /blackrocktolongcliffe.htm (1749 words)

	Derby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1771 Richard Arkwright, Samuel Need and Jedediah Strutt built the world's first water-powered Cotton Spinning mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, developing a form of power that was the catalyst for the industrial revolution.
		The MP was Richard Bell, general secretary of the Railway Servants Union.
		Derby was for many years a significant railway centre, with both British Rail workshops and research facilities in the town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Derby (1678 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Cromford and High Peak Railway
		The Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) was completed in 1831, to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge.
		The Peak District of Derbyshire has always posed problems for travel, but from 1800 when the Peak Forest Canal was built, an alternative to the long route through the Trent and Mersey Canal was sought, not only for minerals and finished goods to Manchester, but raw cotton for the East Midlands textile industry.
		The railway would be powered by horses on the flat sections and stationary steam engines on the nine inclined planes, apart from the last incline into Whaley Bridge, which was counterbalanced and worked by a horse-gin.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Cromford_and_High_Peak_Railway (1309 words)

	Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
		Cromford is a village of contrasts, with its lower half resting by the gently flowing River Derwent and the upper climbing steeply up Cromford Hill to Black Rocks, where there are outstanding views.
		Instead, the Cromford and High Peak Railway was built, which was considered to be an engineering masterpiece and has attracted the interest of railway enthusiasts from all over the world.
		Cromford station, a splendid piece of railway architecture, on the Derby to Matlock line, is considered to be one of the loveliest railway journeys in the country.
	www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /cromford.htm (1296 words)

	Cromford and High Peak railway, Cromford, Derbyshire, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Cromford area has much to offer those interested in industrial archeology for it was here at High Peak Junction that the unique railway line began its tortuous route over the limestone peak plateau to Whaley bridge.
		All were abandoned in favour of a railway, but as it was built by a canal engineer Josiah Jessop, the stations were called "wharfs" and the long level sections were interspersed with sharp inclines (instead of locks), the steepest of which were aided by stationary steam engines.
		The disused track of this famous railway, some 33 miles long, is now used for walking, riding and cycling, and is known as the High Peak Trail.
	peakcountrybreaks.co.uk /cromfordandhighpeakrailway.html (157 words)

	Railways of Britain - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site
		As railway construction on such a large scale was still in its infancy the railway was designed in the same way as a canal by Josia Jessop, son of William Jessop of Butterley Iron works, who was originally a canal engineer.
		The Railway was opened in a private manner by drawing about 100 tons of coal up four of the inclined planes, the greatest part of which was for the neighbourhood of Hartington, where, and in the adjacent places, the commencement of the coal trade on the Railway has been anxiously looked for.
		In the 1870’s the owners of the CHPR experimented with passenger traffic but as the area the line serves is sparsely habited and very open to the elements it is hardly surprising that the day long journey for passengers from one end of the line to the other was soon forgotten about.
	railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com /cromfordhighpeakrai.html (3404 words)

	History of Peak Forest Canal
		This railway had nine inclined planes and at first the wagons were pulled by horses.
		This helped to keep the Peak Forest Canal active and the carrying of limestone continued to thrive, but traffic slowly declined into the early part of the twentieth century and the tramway from the quarries closed in 1925, giving the Peak Forest very little traffic south of the Macclesfield Canal junction.
		In 1964, the Peak Forest Canal Society was formed and, with the Inland Waterways Association, fought to keep the Peak Forest and Ashton Canals open and to restore them.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /peak/pf2.htm (888 words)

	High Peak Trail in the Peak District of Derbyshire
		High Peak Trail in the Peak District of Derbyshire
		The route of this railway - the Cromford and High Peak Railway - survives as the High Peak Trail.
		Its construction was organised by Josiah Jessop, the son of the builder of the Cromford Canal.
	www.thepeakdistrict.info /one/html/high_peak_trail.html (659 words)

	Peak District View : Cromford
		Cromford is an historic village, part of which is designated as a World Heritage Site, surrounded by some glorious scenery in the Derbyshire Dales.
		Cromford is forever associated with Sir Richard Arkwright as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
		North Street in Cromford was built in 1776 and still to this day consists of terraced 3 storey buildings which were used to house the mill workers.
	www.peakdistrictview.com /?page=place&placeid=195 (278 words)

	High Peak Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The route follows the Cromford and High Peak Railway, a line that continues the transition from the tramway age into the railway age proper, though its main characteristics are very much those of the earlier times.
		This is indeed the land of the High Peak, the limestone hills of Derbyshire, and the line is soon to enter the boundaries of the Peak District National Park.
		The little railway cottages with their Gothicky windows mark the top of the climb and now, having reached his summit, Jessop was determined to keep his level no matter how many twists and turns he needed to follow the contours of the land - a construction technique common in his father’s canal building days.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~rch/highpeak/highpeak.html (2154 words)

	WIRKSWORTH-Parish Records-CHPR Cromford & High Peak railway
		At the foot of Sheep Pasture incline and between the road and the Cromford Canal are, Cromford Sidings, the old High Peak workshops, (still used for light repairs), and a small shed housing the solitary locomotive employed between Cromford and High Peak junction; this is usually an ex-L.N.W.R. 0-4-2 pannier tank.
		The railway was powered by horses on the flat sections and stationary steam engines on the nine inclined planes, and it took around two days to complete the 33 mile journey.
		Following the closure of the Cromford and High Peak Railway, the land was purchased jointly by Derbyshire County Council and the Peak park Planning Board and in partnership with the Countryside Commission converted into the High Peak Trail.
	www.wirksworth.org.uk /CHPR.htm (3431 words)

	Cromford in Derbyshire - cradle of the industrial revolution - information and photographs
		Cromford in Derbyshire, is a place many people simply pass through on their way to the Matlocks, Bakewell and other northerly places, but Cromford is very definitely worth taking a closer look at, because it is steeped in industrial history and often called the cradle of the industrial revolution.
		Many of the inclines on the railway were too steep for trains and wagons had to be pulled by attached chains or wires which were wound along the track by large steam engines at the top of each incline.
		The path of the old railway line is now known as the High Peak Trail and open to the public for walking and horse riding alike.
	www.derbyshireuk.net /cromford.html (1764 words)

	Derwent Valley Mills - World Heritage Site
		The Cromford Canal ran 23.3 kilometres from Cromford to the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill.
		The canal was intended as part of a through route to Manchester but it was not until the Cromford and High Peak Railway was constructed between 1824 and 1830 that this vision became a reality.
		Its unusual shape is explained by its proximity to the culvert which brought water to the canal from the Cromford Mill basin and by the limited space between this and the canal wharf gates, of which the two massive stone posts have survived.
	www.derwentvalleymills.org /04_his/his_001e.htm (1546 words)

	peak district local history, customs, wildlife, transport - Peakland Heritage
		The early ones sprang from the Canal Age, the Peak Forest Tramway was opened in the 1790s and was horse powered at first.
		A ride on the railway in those early days was a thrilling experience to people unused to speed and dramatic scenery.
		The opening of a new railway was a great occasion and everyone joined the celebrations including the navvies who had worked in difficult and often dangerous conditions to drive the tunnels and build the bridges and embankments that a Peakland railway needed.
	www.peaklandheritage.org.uk /index.asp?peakkey=304yyy1 (213 words)

	Matlock Bath in Derbyshire - Cromford Canal
		The remainder of the route to Cromford was narrow gauge and lockless.
		This junction joined the Cromford canal with a branch of the Peak Forest at Whaley Bridge- not by canal but by railway-opened in 1831.
		Cromford is a 10 minute car ride from Matlock Bath where there are plenty more places of interest including its famous cable car ride which will take you to the Heights of Abraham.
	www.joe.shakespeare.btinternet.co.uk /tranship.htm (321 words)

	Cromford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The railway was very successful from the start and continued to do well even after the arrival of many other railways in the area.
		As a result of this the Cromford Canal began to carry much less coal and the reduction in traffic was biting into their profits.After a meeting with the other local canals and the local colliery owners the canals reluctantly agreed to lower their tolls on coal carriage to Leicester.
		Midland Railway owned the line which ran parallel to the waterway along the whole of its route and virtually all carrying was moved onto the railway.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/cromfordcanal.htm (7772 words)

	Cromford Canal History
		The railway was very successful from the start and continued to do well even after the arrival of many other railways in the area.
		As a result of this the Cromford Canal began to carry much less coal and the reduction in traffic was biting into their profits.After a meeting with the other local canals and the local colliery owners the canals reluctantly agreed to lower their tolls on coal carriage to Leicester.
		Midland Railway owned the line which ran parallel to the waterway along the whole of its route and virtually all carrying was moved onto the railway.
	www.cromfordcanal.org.uk /history.html (3931 words)

	Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site - Education Directory
		The Cromford and High Peak Railway which opened in 1831, completed the link to the Manchester area the canal promoters had intended to provide.
		The Cromford Canal ran from Cromford to the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill.
		The nearest railway station to High Peak Junction is at Cromford.
	www.derwentvalleymills.org /education/section04d.htm (1118 words)

	High peak trail. Cycling. Mountain biking. Cromford. Tissington trail. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The High Peak trail today runs for over 17½ miles from High Peak Junction, near Cromford, to Dowlow, 6 miles south of Buxton.
		The High Peak trail was formerly the track of the Cromford and High Peak railway line.
		It was one of the earliest railways, and the line was originally constructed to link the Cromford Canal to the Peak Forest Canal, it climbed from the Derwent south of Cromford, to the summit at Ladmanlow, descending to the Goyt valley west of Buxton.
	www.riversidevilla.co.uk /highpeaktrail.htm (278 words)

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