Although the post mark of this card St Giles' Church, Matlock is hard to read, and could be either 3rd May 1907 or 3rd May 1904, it is most probably the earlier date of 1904. The card itself has a narrow writing strip on the front right hand side and this helps date the card, but has not been included here so we could provide a larger picture for viewing. This strip was intended for the message, and only the address of the recipient could be written on the back. Whilst some printers and publishers continued using the side message strip until about 1910, its usage had mostly stopped in 1904 as people were allowed to write the message and address on the back of the card from then onwards. Interestingly, this particular card was posted and the back includes both a message and an address, although the back is an 'undivided back' so does not have the divide line to separate the message from the address.

The card shows us a full graveyard round the church as this is where many of the older headstones are. Nowadays many of the inscriptions have been worn away by weathering, as can be seen in a modern photograph if you click on the link to St. Giles' Church below. But one can imagine that when this card was taken about 100 years ago the headstones would have been easy to read still. It is interesting to see the large chest tomb on the right with its railings still intact. During the wars railings were removed from many places and were melted down.