St. James' chapel at Woodhead, Longdendale Valley, Peak District, England, UK. Torside reservoir behind.

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This tiny church, usually known as Woodhead Chapel, has many gravestones of the navvies who lost their lives during a cholera outbreak which occurred in 1849 as they were building the second of the Woodhead railway tunnels. Twenty eight men died during the outbreak, adding to the death toll of 33 who were killed making the first, single-track tunnel between 1838 and 1845. It gave Woodhead the reputation as the railwayman’s graveyard.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Woodhead, Longdendale Valley, Peak District, England, UK
Photo credit: © Vincent Lowe / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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