Derwent Woodland

David Bryant david at b...
Wed Dec 15 08:00:50 GMT 2004


> If my memory serves me right, isn't the church still at the bottom 
of 
> Ladybower, and didn't the top of the tower become visible during 
the 
> 1976 drought?

The church was demolished with the rest of the village prior to the 
flooding of the valley, but the tower was left as a marker in the 
water. However, during a drought in 1947 it ended up on dry land 
again, and was blown up by the water board.

David







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