Ashopton

infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=The Ashopton Viaduct arches.
latitude= 53.37
longitude=-01.71
official_name =Ashopton
population =
shire_district= High Peak
shire_county= Derbyshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= High Peak
post_town= SHEFFIELD
postcode_district = S33
postcode_area=S
dial_code=01433
os_grid_reference= SK1986

Ashopton was the second village in Derbyshire, England, that was lost along with neighbouring Derwent when the Ladybower Reservoir was constructed in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

The village was located near where the Derwent Valley joins the Snake Valley, (route of the current A57 Snake Pass to Glossop). The only reminder of the village is in the name of the Ashopton Viaduct which carries the A57 across the mouth of the Derwent Valley. The main part of the village was located immediately to the south of the viaduct. Unlike the remains of Derwent Village which have become visible when water levels have dropped, Ashopton will never re-emerge from the waters of Ladybower as silt has already covered the remains of its buildings.

A key part of the village was the Methodist Chapel, built in 1840. The final service was held at the chapel on 25 September 1939. [Hallam, Vic (1989) "Silent Valley: the story of the lost Derbyshire villages of Derwent and Ashopton", Sheffield: Sheaf Publishing Ltd, ISBN 09505458 9 9] The final hymn sung was "The Day's Dying in the West". The chapel was finally demolished, along with the remaining buildings in the village, in 1943.

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