Disused Canal - Norbriggs Cutting Abandoned Canal Section on the Chesterfield Canal
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- Disused Canal - Norbriggs Cutting Abandoned Canal Section on the Chesterfield Canal
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Another former canal arm off the Chesterfield Canal. This time closer to the Chesterfield end. The Norbriggs Cutting left the main canal route between Renishaw and Staveley at the 6 mile post. It ran for around 1 mile before terminating at a wharf on what is now the main Chestefield to Worksop road (A619) at Norbriggs.
The canal was opened at some stage between 1775 and 1777, just before the the main canal to Chesterfield has opened.
As we found, the route of the canal is still evident, but well overgrown. In some areas, the canal cutting has been reclaimed by farming and as an access to neighbouring houses. The Cuckoo Way trail that follows the towpath all the way to the River Trent is signposted from where the wharf once stood
At the Norbriggs end of the canal was one of the earliest examples of a railway in Derbyshire - known as a Newcastle Rail Road (or Newcastle Raile Way as it was also known). This horse drawn railway ran on wooden rails and connected the canal to nearby colliery workings and helped bring coal traffic to the canal. This railway was disbanded in the 1790s.
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So many memories from there. I grew up on Mastin Moor during the 60,s and 70,s. During the 1970,s power cuts due to the miners striking we used to dig coal out of the banking where the wharf used to be. Great video mate.
Cheers Ted. Great to here to the memories 👍
Well, you asked for comments, so here goes. First; great video, I've just discovered this and will be viewing the others soon. I played along the canal as a lad growing up in Lowgates, but never knew of the Norbriggs Arm then. I found out about it in my ramblings once I grew up. I believe it was built to supply water to the canal and its use for transporting coal was realised later. There was a water race to carry water to 'the cut' from far upstream on the River Doe Lea (before it became a sewer for the collieries in the area). In the field to the left of the bridle path from Netherthorpe to Woodthorpe, there used to be a strange ground formation that we couldn't understand (long gone now) which turns out to have been the last remaining remnant of the water race. I also have heard that coal from Seymour Colliery was sent up and over the hill to the wharf at Norbriggs by an overhead aerial ropeway. This is not definite, but may be a subject for you to research. In 2004, my wife and I walked the entire length of the canal with her sister and her husband. Your picture of milestone 6 brought back happy memories, just by the stone, he trod in the most enormous dog turd ever seen. Happy memory because it wasn't me! Sorry to ramble on, I love the Chesterfield Canal even though I now live in NZ.
Cheers Tony. Fantastic to hear the stories and real life accounts. You'll like some of my other Chesterfield Canal videos too then. Filming more very shortly too :)
I've had a look on old maps for evidence of an overhead ropeway and not seeing anything, but I will keep digging.
@@WobblyRunner This video was copied onto FB and someone on there commented about the aerial ropeway too.
@@adink263 Thank you for that. Do you remember the ground formation that I referred to, in the field on the way to Woodthorpe? It disappeared many years ago.
I never knew that was a disused part of the canal. I’ve been past that building many times. That’s for posting. Good informative video. 👍
Thanks Steven.
👍🙂
Most interesting. I went through Mastin Moor on the bus on the return leg of my Staveley to Clowne walk and didn’t even know this was there. Glad to hear Gordo is doing well. He must like a long walk. He seems to be dragging you along most of the video.
😄 I have to keep changing arms otherwise I'd look like a body builder on one side.
But I was the same, I never knew about this old arm until get recently. I was sat in traffic and noticed the Cuckoo Way signs, so decided to investigate where it went.
Walked the Norbrigg cutting today. Gorgeous afternoon for it and lots of autumnal colours. Thanks for the video heads up. Afterwards had a slice of cake at the Hollingwood Hub cafe and a look around the visitor centre. Lots going on with the canal at the moment!
@@psychicspies673 Excellent. I saw the new Staveley lock was in water on Facebook. Looking great.
A nice little jaunt along the spur, great to see Gordo stretching his legs too, he's still very alert to things around him I see.
Thanks Seamus. 👍🙂.
He doesn't miss a sniff.
My father was born in the little cottage at the bottom of Mastin Moor 1932 good times
I went there today and no nothing of canals but I now know what it is
I asked if that part of the canal would be restored….but sadly due to mining subsidence it won’t be.
Plans are to build a couple of weirs and turn it into a nature trail.
But private plans are afoot to turn part of the cutting into a marina….now that will be interesting
👍👍 Good to know. Will be interesting to see if develop.
I used to live just on the back of that path towards mastin moor
👍. Is there much else from the old canal to be found up there?
@@WobblyRunner I never saw anything you didn't look at besides an odd older stone brick formation in the ground around mile stone but never really think much those old houses at the end have only been abandoned a few years there is a cavity on the other side of those old houses but it's been filled by the usual discarded household rubbish same as most of the old canal near the mastin moor so probably not worth shifting about behind there not sure why those houses are abandoned but before they got shut up there seemed to be a fair amount of police activity around it.
I assumed I'd already seen this video, perhaps not. The only real thing you'll see this time of year is much more fly tipping and litter on the canal bed adjacent to the houses at Mastin Moor. Such a shame..
Sadly it seems to be the same whether it's a canal or railway where houses back onto them.
Tell you one thing it's in a way worse shape now then this video show it. There is a road work sign in it.
Yeah unfortunately it does tend to get a bit of fly tipping. Especially from some of the gardens that back on to it