Introduction Over a three day weekend in June 1992 the “Friends of Buxworth / Bugsworth School inaugurated the first “Bygone B...

Paul Gent is a prolific artist from New Mills. Whilst many of his sketches are of local scenes, his portfolio also includes work from many p...

Me and Mrs Middleton: A sidelight on my Family History Written by Charlie Hulme This fascinating history tells a story of the Middleton...

Here is a photograph of pupils of our village school, early in the 20th century. The picture is not dated. Most of the pupils have been ide...

Buxton in the 1920s In the foreground is the Samuel Turner Memorial Drinking fountain erected in 1878 in memory of a local benefactor. ...

A life long friend, Bill Jackson, who is connected with your Local History Society, just sent me a copy of Edwin Bold's book entitled ...

The Wild Sisters. We have received the following comment on a recent post:  Does anyone remember the Wild sisters, Nelly and Edith ...

  Evacuation of children during the Second World War by Gillian Mawson – August 2016 In the early hours of 1 September 1939, th...

 A recent update on these proposals has been received and may be read by following the link below. An imaginative proposal by Graham Aldre...

from Vivian Preston Dubé 7 September · Glenbrook, NSW, Australia Hayfield, besides being the chief portal to Kinder, is not without some ...

On Sunday 18th September the Rev John Wesley will preach a sermon upon the topic of ‘Awake, thou that sleepest’ in the New Chapel on High ...

Neil Ferguson-Lee has kindly allowed us to publish his photographs of Furness Vale Station. These were taken in black and white in 1978.  We...

Raphael Tuck published a number of postcards on the theme of "Taking The Waters" featuring Buxton. Those released in 1909 were ill...

Much of our local road system was developed and improved under the Turnpike Acts. Trusts were set up under individual acts of parliament in ...

Thanks to Jim Oliver for the loan of this aerial view of the village. The date is believed to be in the mid 1970s. The brickyard is still ...

 In the background of this photograph are the buildings of Furness Vale Printworks. This view is from the area of Lodge Farm which is just o...

William Wood The murder of William Wood in July 1823 is well recorded. He was killed at a lonely spot on Buxton Old Road at Longside on ...

FIRE In 1905 William White appeared in court at Chapel-en-le-Frith, facing a charge of arson.  He had set fire to a haystack at Long Hill...