Hayfield Water Supply
Water Sources at Little Hayfield
This is a OS map c.2023 with the positions of tanks shown. Some tanks and Wells were only shown on older maps.
From The Glossop-dale Chronicle and North Derbyshire Reporter 14 Aug 1908.
ENGINEER'S STATEMENT. Little Hayfield took its water from works which
were made by Mr Sumner at Park Hall. The Council made arrangements with Mr Sumner for a connection to the existing main, and out of revenue laid a two inch main from Mr Sumner’s main to a tank. At a later period a loan was obtained, and a small sand filter, with a surface tank adjacent to it were put down, and three inch mains were laid to supply the water to the inhabitants of Little Hayfield. It was at the time felt there would be no possibility of pollution of the water, but it had been found that in stormy weather the water became very much discoloured, largely by dissolved peat.
In May 1909 Little Hayfield was supplied from the Harrymoor Scheme and the supply from Park Hall abandoned.