From the Public Health Report 1950: The new borehole, which I mentioned in my 1949 report, sunk at Hanson Farm, Longway Bank, Wirksworth, but unfortunately this borehole when pump-tested did not yield the supply which had been anticipated, due to the fine grained texture of the rock.
Various suggestions have been made by the Consulting Engineers, such as driving adits, etc., but to date work on the site has been abandoned and no further decisions have been made by the Council.