| Dec 2000 |
New pages:
- Find a Name to
search for names in the history pages.
- Map of Riber : Originally scanned to give a friend an idea of the locality, this reproduction is a detail from the Ordnance Survey Map reproduced in Benjamin Bryan's book (1903) |
Additions to:
- During December we introduced a new page on the site, outlining
our 'Conditions of use'.
This led us to refresh many of our pages and some have had slight
updates that aren't included here.
- 1861 census index : 513 more names added as Enumeration District 13 has been about
half completed and a few addresses added to ED12.
- Matlock Biographies now includes details on DAWBER and MAWE as well as better links
to additional information on ARKWRIGHT and SMEDLEY.
- Matlock Miscellany has the details of the ARKWRIGHT coat of arms.
- Notes on the 1841
Census have been slightly modified |
Links added:
- QuickList - Transcripts
of the 1851 census are now on-line. |
| Nov 2000 |
New pages:
- Kelly's Post
Office Directory (1855) - 295 names. Just before hydropathy
burst onto the Matlock scene. |
Additions to:
- 1861 census index : Three Enumeration District now completed. 1642 names.
- How to find what
you are looking for : Several additional book titles.Three
from Sonia Addis Smith.
- Matlock Bank and
Moor (Matlock): Excerpt from Bulmer's 1895 directory added.
With thanks to Sonia Addis Smith.
- Matlock Strays :
Mel Towler has sent two YKS MI's, for the surnames of CAWOOD
and WOODCOCK, bringing the total up to 888 names.
- Newspaper Cuttings : 84 surnames now, with the earliest report dating from 1840.
Material ranges from being humorous to very sad.
- Water Cures : Excerpts
from Bulmer's 1895 directory aded. With thanks to Sonia Addis
Smith. |
Link added:
- The excellent new All Saints' Church web site has been added
to the page on Churches
and Chapels |
| Sept 2000 |
New pages:
- 1861 census index : One Enumeration District completed and a second is almost
done. |
Additions to:
- Charters and
Early Deeds: Matlock references under Chesterfield and Litchurch
now added to these documents from the Middle Ages.
- Matlock Biographies includes detailed on the CUMMING family from David Bates.
- Matlock Strays :
886 names these days. Just a few more names added, for Shirland
and Pentrich marriages.
- Newspaper Cuttings has more on the CUMMING family |
Refreshing and slight changes to:
- 1841 census |
| Aug 2000 |
New pages:
- Charters and
Early Deeds: Details of documents from the Middle Ages relating
to Matlock. |
Additions to:
- Notes about
Phillimore's Marriage Indexes - has now been completed.
Background notes and additional information. Includes variations
in spelling between the register and the signature of the bride
or groom. |
Link added:
- Matlock Bath and Matlock
Bath Today : link to Hodgkinson Hotel's web site |
| June 2000 |
New pages:
- Notes on
Phillimore's Marriage Indexes - to be completed |
Additions to:
- Newspaper Cuttings now has 75 surnames. |
Site re-organisation:
- The original page on Water Cures and Cotton Mills has been
split and re-arranged, with better navigation too.
Now go to: Water Cures and Arkwright's Cotton
Mill |
| May 2000 |
New pages:
- Kelly's
Directory Matlock (1916) : Private Residents : 200 names
(moved Sep 2001)
- How you can help -
a page of ideas for adding additional material |
Additions to:
- The Local Schools : Photograph of the old Matlock Bath school building.
- Matlock Strays :
102 more names added, including 51 who were married at Ashover. |
| April 2000 |
New pages:
- Kelly's Post
Office Directory (1876): Matlock and Matlock Bath &
District entries. Includes Riber, Starkholmes. 426 individual
entries (excl. miscellaneous entries).
- Newspaper Cuttings:
miscellaneous collection of very short reports, sorted chronologically,
that have been extracted from local newspapers published over
75 years ago. |
Additions to:
- The Local Schools : Link added to Rosemary Lockie's history of Lady Manners School,
Bakewell. Also mention of Matlock Teacher's Training College.
Details of presentation to Miss Sladen under Matlock Town school
added. |
| Mar 2000 |
New pages:
- Matlock and Matlock
Bath Names in the Wolley Manuscripts
- Memorial Inscriptions -
a Surnames Index for Matlock and Matlock Bath
- Names on the Matlock War Memorial : Eleven further names added
- see Surnames
A - J and Surnames
K - W |
Additions to:
- Churches and Chapels : additional photograph of St. Giles Church
- The Local Schools : 1950 photograph of some Ernest Bailey Grammar School pupils |
| Feb 2000 |
New pages:
- DONEGANI
family photograph (ca. 1900)
- Kelly's
Directory (1916) Matlock Bath (moved Sep 2001)
- Matlock Names in Various Lists:
- 16th Century
and Before : 14thc Lay Subsidy, 16thc Constables, General
Musters
- 18th Century
Lists: The Toleration Act
- 19th Century
Lists: Some lists contain less than five names. Have a look
at the section in the next century 'just in case', as someone
may included under a later century where the list is very short.
Volunteer Infantry (later moved to it's own
page).
- Matlock
Bath Today : Two photographs, sent by Martin Rowley, and
further background information about the village. |
Additions to:
- Matlock Biographies : Francis Joseph DONEGANI
- Matlock Names in Various Lists: 17th
Century Lists : Recusant Fines, Lists containing less than
five names e.g. Visitation of 1611
- Matlock References : some more book titles.
- Water Cures and Cotton Mills: two new pictures added. Smedley
Street entrance to Smedley's Hydro + Rockside as it looks today.
- The Surname MATLOCK:
additional quotation and a reference added. |
Site re-organisation:
The page about Churches and Elementary Schools became too large
so it has been split into two halves. Go to: Churches
and Chapels and The
Local Schools. |
New Links:
- DARG added to Matlock
and Matlock Bath References
- The Derbyshire Record
Society : info about a reference added to The
Surname MATLOCK |
| Jan 2000 |
New page:
- Matlock Biographies : Brief lives of people who have had associations with Matlock
and Matlock Bath
- The nearby nearby parish of Cromford : including Scarthin Nick, Willersley, Bow Wood, High and Low
Leas and Chapel Hill, which were within the parish of Matlock
(transcript of Kelly's Directory,1891) |
Additions to:
- Matlock Miscellany - photograph of Causeway Lane from the 1950's
- Matlock & Matlock
Bath Strays : some additions to these pages, including a
few NTT marriages from Phillimore
- Brides and grooms indexes of Matlock marriages - Phillimore
volume reference added : see QuickList for details |
| Late 1999 |
New page
- Matlock Taverns and
Public Houses listed in three early nineteenth century directories,
transcribed by Marjorie Ward |
| Oct 1999 |
Matlock and Matlock Bath are also mentioned
on the Derbyshire's
Parishes, 1811 pages. These were updated and the title changed
from 'Derbyshire Deaneries'. |
