Woolley Moor

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.145
longitude= -1.446
static_

static_image_caption=Woolley Moor.
official_name= Woolley Moor
map_type= Derbyshire
civil_parish= Stretton
shire_district= North East Derbyshire
region= East Midlands
shire_county= Derbyshire
constituency_westminster= North East Derbyshire
post_town= ALFRETON
postcode_district = DE55 6xx
postcode_area= DE
dial_code= 01246
os_grid_reference= SK371610

Woolley Moor is a tiny village in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England.

History

The River Amber valley was flooded in 1958 and completely submerged farmland, roads and part of the Ashover Light Railway. The Ogston Reservoir also destroyed most of the village of Woolley, including the Woolley House Hydro, the village store, the blacksmiths, the joiners, the laundry, the sheep-dip and "Napoleons Home", the local public house. The Woolley villagers were relocated into council houses built in another local hamlet, Badger Lane, which eventually became known as the village of Woolley on the Moor, which subsequently became the present village of Woolley Moor.

See also

*List of places in Derbyshire
*Ogston Reservoir