World Heritage newsIssue 14 - 2014 www.derwentvalleymills.org Preparing for electrification AHEAD of the planned electrification of Today the vast majority of structures on the Network Rail is committed to working with the Midland Main Line from Bedford to Stephensons’ railway in the Derwent Valley local stakeholders to achieve the best solutions Sheffield by 2020, Network Rail is talking survive essentially unaltered since their for the electrification of the Midland Main Line to national and local groups regarding the construction 175 years ago. through the Derwent Valley. There have been conservation challenges for the stretch of several consultations to date with Belper Civic line running through the Derwent Valley The main challenge facing Network Rail is to Forum and the WHS, and these will continue Mills World Heritage Site (DVMWHS). find the most sensitive and pragmatic solutions as the project moves forward. for the electrification of this historic railway The line from Derby to Chesterfield is one of line in an early industrial landscape of See Network Rail’s supplement starting on the most important survivors of the international importance. page 5 for more information on the history of ‘pioneering phase’ of England’s railway the North Midland Railway, its importance in development. To begin this process, Network Rail assisted the WHS, what this means for the English Heritage in a comprehensive electrification project, and the next steps. It was designed by George Stephenson, with designation survey that resulted in 30 bridges, his son Robert, leading railway engineers of the viaducts and tunnel portals on the Midland NATIONALLY IMPORTANT: Derwent day, to form part of the North Midland Main Line being listed. Viaduct, Ambergate, was listed Grade II* as a Railway. This line opened in 1840 as the central result of English Heritage’s designation survey, link in their grand vision for a trunk route Ten of these new listings are in the DVMWHS putting it in the top 8% of listed structures. running from North to South. and its Buffer Zone. War centenary remembered ONE HUNDRED years on The previous day, the original November 11, and for from the outbreak of World Belper War Memorial, a hollow December a community War One, activities have taken structure created around the performance event - Home place in the World Heritage Market Place lamp in 1919, For Christmas - is planned. Site to commemorate the was recreated for the first of a event and remember those number of remembrance A new website, telling the who died in the conflict. gatherings on significant stories of each Belper man centenaries over the coming killed in action during that war, Events over the summer years. was launched in August, thanks centred on Belper, where to research carried out by poppies were seeded on the About 250 people came to the Richard Pinkett, and more Chevin hillside, eventually service and placed flowers activities will be announced in spelling out ‘WWI’. around the memorial, as had coming months, not just for been done in 1919. Belper but the wider Derwent On August 4, the day of the Valley and World Heritage Site. centenary, a blessing ceremony The Belper Branch of the Royal for the poppy field was British Legion plans to plant a WE REMEMBER: The followed by an evening service memorial oak tree in the recreated 1919 memorial in in St Peter’s Church. Memorial Gardens on Belper Market Place. Derwent Students Royal Pulse set deliver a visitors to flow hi-tech for John through scanning Smedley October project - Page 4 - Page 2 - Page 3 02 World Heritage News www.derwentvalleymills.org Derwent Pulse all set for October HUNDREDS of lights will to the Matlock illuminations, and radio transmitter and receiver. cascade down the River before flowing past the mills in This allows the lights to respond Derwent in October as part Belper and Derby prior to to the landscape they pass through of Derwent Pulse - one of meeting the Trent. while echoing the industrial pulse that originated in the valley. the largest art projects Devised and led by artist Charles ever commissioned in the Monkhouse, Derwent Pulse will “This is a fantastic project that county. offer local communities the will provide a fascinating spectacle chance to shepherd the lights, as it flows down the river. It also The course (pulse) of the river will take part in helping map the gives everyone a chance to be illuminated by pulsating digital modern Derwent, or volunteer to become involved in making it spheres shepherded by riverside handle or photograph the project. happen. It’s the biggest communities from the source in commission we have attempted Bleaklow to its mouth at the And, of course, Derwent Pulse and proves how the past can be a the Arts Council for England, The Trent. will be a great audience attraction. source for artistic inspiration,” Sustainable Development Fund said Cllr Ellie Wilcox, Chair of the Throughout October, Derwent The lights that form Derwent (administered by the Peak District World Heritage Site. Pulse will flow through Bamford, Pulse are controlled by small National Park Authority) and mills Hathersage and Grindleford to circuit boards designed by Derby Derwent Pulse is a commission by in the World Heritage Site. Chatsworth Estate. The lights will Makers at the Derby Silk Mill the Derwent Valley Mills World For more details on the project then move south, shooting the Museum. Each light contains a Heritage Site, with support from rapids at Matlock and contributing miniature computer, GPS module visit www.derwentpulse.org DerwentWISE wants you to get involved! LAST ISSUE, we highlighted that the Heritage Lottery (HLF) funded Landscape Partnership Scheme has been given the go ahead to deliver a range of projects over the next five years. The team is now in place and comprises of Scheme Manager Tania Pells; Finance and Administration Officer Nadine Stevenson; and two Community Engagement Officers, Dave Savage (Natural Heritage) and Annice Fuller Sphere of (Cultural Heritage). The scheme and staff are hosted by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust who, along with 14 other partner enabled the team to start raising awareness of influence organisations, aim to inspire and engage people what they do and why. to care about the Lower Derwent Valley. SCULPTOR Rachael Carter worked with the The next community event will be part of the DVMWHS Team and Amber Valley Borough “With well over 60 projects covering Cromford Mills Discovery Days where the Council to site her latest work in the Belper landscape conservation management, training, team will be hosting a walk around Lea Wood River Gardens. heritage and the arts, there will be something and Cromford Canal. for all ages to get involved in,” said Tania Pells, Rachel trained in Derby and designs and DerwentWISE Scheme Manager. You will also have the chance to meet the two creates works for garden and landscape community officers and sign up for settings. “The project area stretches from Matlock volunteering projects such as ‘Heritage at Risk’ Bath, through the wonderful ancient and habitat restoration. The piece ‘Bronze Grand Sphere’ was woodlands, following the River Derwent produced by hand weaving with wax lengths through the Derwent Valley Mills World The scheme will work with local people, in Rachel’s trademark woven swirls to Heritage Site right into Derby City. The schools, community groups and landowners so produce the sphere. scheme is all about getting communities if you are interested in getting involved or just involved in their surroundings and history by want to be kept informed, email the team at It was then transformed into bronze using the encouraging people to learn more and provide [email protected] or ancient ‘lost-wax’ casting process. opportunities to access this inspiring and telephone 01773 881188. It was premiered at the 100th Chelsea unique landscape.” A new website should be available by January Flower Show before being donated to the DerwentWISE and partners have already 2015, in partnership with the DVMWHS, so be River Gardens in Belper. attended three events this summer at the ECO sure to look for it after Christmas. REVEALED: Rachael watches the sphere Centre Spring Fair, Belper Goes Green and WISE TEAM: Dave, Nadine, Annice and Tania being unveiled by Councillor Mark Robertson. Inspiring Derby at the Derby Silk Mill. This - the new DerwentWISE officers. World Heritage News 03 DATA DISCOVERY: Scanning in Darley Abbey Mills, with the floor coloured by elevation, revealed the worn paths made by mill-workers as they serviced the machines, shown here in red. Students use technology to better understand the WHS TECHNOLOGY Then, Technology Now - a Valley Mills World Heritage Heritage Lottery-funded Young Roots project Site; Trent & Peak Archaeology; - was designed to engage young people and Nottingham Trent University; help them understand more about why the and the two schools. area is so important. The students created a number By using cutting-edge digital technology to of projects using different record and visualise the sites, the participating technology. One involved laser students from Highfields School in Matlock scanning at Darley Abbey Mills and Belper School had an opportunity to learn to highlight the wear pattern in new skills, such as laser scanning, the floor, made by mill-workers photogrammetry, 3D modelling, 3D printing, over many years. At Leawood Pumphouse, dozens of individual game engines, animation and video editing. laser scans of the interior and exterior of the With Arkwright’s Second Mill at Cromford, building were combined to create a ‘fly- The project was developed by its six principal traditional measurements recorded with a through’ and produce a 3D-printed solid partners: Derbyshire County Council’s hand tape were fed into two types of software plastic scale model.