Buxton - Peak District Villages
Presents the new Buxton video covering the beautiful places to see and visit in this town. The Derbyshire Peak District market town of Buxton has a number of claims to fame; as well as being the Capital of the High Peak, it is also at over 1000ft above sea-level the highest town of its size in England, and has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries, venerated by those who have come for the reputedly magical curative powers of its Spa waters. Buxton History Our Neolithic ancestors had already populated the surrounding hills, leaving the marks of their passing at ancient gathering places like the Bull Ring, and at nearby Arbor Low over three thousand years before the Romans arrived in 70 AD and founded the settlement which they called Aqua Arnemeteia, meaning, The Waters of the Goddess of the Grove.
These sacred waters of the Goddess include the wonderful River Wye, the most delightful of Derbyshire rivers which rises at Axe Edge, and filters down through Featherbed Moss on it's way to collect the Burbage Brook, before running culverted beneath the streets of modern Buxton and cavorting in gurgling leaps and cascades down through Ashwood Dale. Buxton is built on a series of small hills and the grassy slopes in the middle of town lend themselves to relaxation, providing an excellent vantage point from which to view the town, with Serpentine Walks and shaded seating areas along the banks of the Wye through Ashwood Park, to the east of Spring Gardens. The Romans built baths here above the thermal waters of what later became St. Anne's Well, famously visited by medieval pilgrims seeking a cure for their ills, and popularised further in Tudor times by Mary Queen of Scots who took its healing waters as a cure for her rheumatism whilst being held captive at Chatsworth by the Earl of Shrewsbury during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st.
The town's growth and prosperity were assured from the eighteenth century by the addition of its remarkable wealth of architecture, courtesy of the Fifth Duke of Devonshire who engaged John Carr to build the magnificent Georgian Crescent, rivalling and imitating the famous Crescent at Bath in Somerset. Carr of York was also responsible for the Devonshire Hospital which was originally designed & constructed as a Riding School for the Duke of Devonshire at the end of the 18th century. It became a hospital in 1859, and it's huge dome, which is the largest unsupported slate dome in the world was added in 1881, the area beneath was used for the exercise of patients in rehabilitation.In recent years the building has become home to the University of Derby.
Buxton was confirmed as a centre of excellence and culture, becoming a retreat and country holiday resort for the gentry during the Victorian era with the advent of public travel and communication. Once again the Duke of Devonshire had a major hand in development and many large hotels were built to cater for the influx of visitors when the railways came to town, and the Pavilion Gardens were laid out and opened in 1871. The twenty three acres of the Pavilion Gardens includes ornamental lakes, putting greens, children's play areas with a paddling pool and miniature railway, whilst the whole is dotted with colourful arbours and flower beds, with shaded walks beneath mature trees, and the gardens are a sheer delight in the summer.
Places we recommend :
Knotlow Farm - Camping And Caravanning Site
The Westminster Hotel
Buxton Opera House
Wild Park Brailsford
Little Rascals Indoor Play Centre
Hargate Hall Self Catering Apartments
Poole's Cavern
Please also see more information on the new site
Peak District Edge Hotel
Village Hotel Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Village Hotel Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Brailsford Way, Chilwell, Nottingham, England, NG9 6DL, United Kingdom
Suburban hotel in Toton with spa, indoor pool
Free WiFi and free parking
Paris, June 1978
Part Two of my dad's home movie of Paris, filmed when I was 7 years old. (Part One is British Airways Flight Manchester to Paris 1978). Includes footage of The Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, Jardin d'Acclimatation, Arc de Triomphe and general scenes of Paris. British Airways flight home to Manchester. Adrian Brailsford
Vintage and Very Nice MARKET BAZAAR.Chichester.West Sussex
Taken in the beautiful Assembly Rooms in the heart of Chichester. Vintage clothes and other vintage items to make you smile.
Derby Carriage and Wagon Works Annual show 1960 (rare cine film footage of Derby)
In this film you can see some footage around Derby town centre filmed on Saturday August 20th 1960.
At 00:48 Prepairing the car outside Allsop Garage (Brailsford) on Bold Lane. In Jan 2012 this area is cleared of former Prince's supermarket.
01:07 The Wardwick Melias ltd, later this shop becme Golden Gains, in Jan 2012 this is nono8 bar.
01:13 The Ice Factory, today this is occupied by the cock-pitt car park.
01:18 St James Street.
01:23 Corn Market
01:27 St Peters Street
01:34 ??
01:44 Full Street. Derby Power Station in the background
01:48 Council House
01:57 driving towards Cock Pitt Hill
02:00 Derby Carriage and Wagon Works
This short film is one of several which I was kindly given by local Derby film maker Arthur Blood. Arthur captured many local events of the time, mostly relating to the Derby Carriage and Wagon Works where he worked.
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Please leave comments on the locations and events featured.
I would like to thank him for choosing me to showcase his collection on my Derby channel so that people can enjoy them.
Please note that although I have rendered this video at 1080p the original source footage is certainly not HD quality. It was originally shot on 8mm Cine Film, I have gone to great lengths to clean up the footage to reveal as much as possible from the source film.
For more information please see my blog:
Thanks
Andy
Wild Park Derbyshire Stapleford Nottinghamshire
Wild Park Derbyshire is one of the most popular attractions in Stapleford Nottinghamshire. We can help you find the right place for yourself and your family. Simply visit our website and we will do all we can to help find you your dream home.
Peter Pan flies into Cabot Circus
During the Cabot Circus Christmas lights switch-on in Bristol, Peter Pan flies in and sprinkles fairy dust on everyone.
Watchdog condemns Countdown over breach on commercial references
Countdown has been found to be in breach of broadcasting rules following commercial references made on air.
Media watchdog Ofcom investigated the show after a complaint was made about the promotion of products and services by host Nick Hewer and also by a guest on the Channel 4 show, Mark Foster.
An Ofcom spokesman said: “We found this programme broke broadcasting rules by promoting and giving undue prominence to products and services.
“Commercial references by the host Nick Hewer, and guest Mark Foster, were promotional and went beyond what could be justified editorially.”
Hewer referenced The Ideal Home Show and commented on the “benefits of attending” the event, while Foster spoke about being an ambassador for P&O Cruises, as well as reportedly referring to various activities and services offered by the cruise line.
Meanwhile, This Morning will not be investigated after complaints from viewers over a segment that featured a discussion about the availability of different types of sex toys.
Ofcom said: “We assessed a handful of complaints about the sexual nature of a discussion on this daytime TV programme, but won’t be taking the matter forward for investigation.
“The discussion avoided explicit terminology and was aired at a time when most children would be at school. There was clear signposting to viewers about the nature of the item.
“We also considered this light-hearted conversation would be broadly in keeping with the expectations of the audience.”