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Ashopton
Submerged settlement · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 0
- Coordinates
- 53.370, -1.710
Why it was abandoned
🌊 Flooded
Detected automatically from the text: In the early 1940s, the village was demolished to make way for the filling of Ladybower Reservoir.
History
Ashopton was a small village in Derbyshire, England, in the valley of the River Ashop. The village population was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Aston, Derbyshire. In the early 1940s, the village was demolished to make way for the filling of Ladybower Reservoir.
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