"The Terror of Blue John Gap" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) recounts terrible events at the Blue John mines, and Sherlock Holmes investigates the kidnapping of a child in the region in "The Adventure of the Priory School".
Vas Morton v romanu "Jane Eyre" od Charlotte Brontë (1847) temelji na Hathersage, kjer je Brontë ostal v letu 1845, in Thornfield Hall so lahko navdih v bližini North Lees Hall.