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Ashopton
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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 (along with neighbouring Derwent) was demolished to make way for the filling of Ladybower Reservoir.
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- Locality
- High Peak
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Derwent
- Population
- 0
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- Ashopton. Near Sheffield (NBY 442791).jpg
- Dialing code
- 01433
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- Ashopton
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- SK1986
- postal code
- S33
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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 (along with neighbouring Derwent) was demolished to make way for the filling of Ladybower Reservoir.
== History == thumb|left|Postcard painting of Ashopton, 1900s The village was in the chapelry of Derwent. In 1829, Stephen Glover wrote that the village hosted a wool fair on 29 July; he suggested that this was intended to be a tradition continued annually on the last Wednesday of July.
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