206 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
V. CHESHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE 
Ten local authorities obtain their water supply from 
gathering grounds with a total extent of 48,743 acres, of 
which 10,522 acres are owned by six Corporations. The chief 
authorities owning water catchment areas in Cheshire and 
Derbyshire are Manchester, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stockport, 
5 =. 
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oP Ur, Ace TOTAL AREA 4000 ACRES 
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aaa YY S ToTAL 30402 
meen) s 10,725 AcRES \V ACRES, INCLUDING 
HN AGDENwety 9 =“ EWDEN 
: RES, \., VALLEY 
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3 x, a ‘ 
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KINDER Res" 
4 j 97877, 
SETT RES UrMoRisen 7” Gacnes/ fm 
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TOTAL 4,560AC\ RES? “se. REDMIRES 
ipcict Alp, 7 wee nes aS 
LAND OWNED BY DERWENT VALLEY WATERBOARD 1/84AC SSR ER © a 
SCALE OF MILES A 
Tis ! 2 3 + = 6 +> 
Fic. 38.—Longdendale, Derwent Valley, and neighbouring Catchment Areas. 
and Derwent Valley Water Board. Small plantations exist 
on several of the areas, but no large scheme of afforesta- 
tion has been proposed by any of the authorities. Dr. C. E. 
Moss gives in his book, Vegetation of the Peak District 
(1912), two maps, on which the position of the reservoirs, 
the distribution of the vegetation, etc., of most of these 
catchment areas are well shown. 
Longdendale catchment area, 19,300 acres, supplying 
