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Links will be added here for both new material
and changes to the website
Changes have also been made to design and conversion to XHTML. This has been
happening from August 2008 onwards. |
| Nov 2009 |
New pages:
Again, with many thanks to Ken Smith for allowing publication
more of his collection on this website (see items 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22).
1. Matlock: The Cinema House,
1922. Photographed shortly after it was built
2. Matlock: Poets' Corner, Hall
Leys. Who were these men?
3. Matlock: Crowder
Johnson's Handmade Hosiery Works. A family run business on Wellington Street.
A second image was added to the page on 8 November
4. Riber Castle, Matlock :
A Classroom A
postcard produced by Rev. Chippett
5. Hawe Lees, Matlock, showing Bandstand
and New Pavilion.
Early 20th century crowd listening to a Scottish band
6. Matlock: The Park, 1952 The Hall
Leys in 1952, with contemporary description
7. Matlock Bath: The Burdett
family outside 5 Clarence Villas. Clarence Villas is next to Hope Terrace
on Brunswood Road. Also photo of no.4
8. Matlock Bath:
Derby Road, Hartle's Bazaar. In the nineteenth century Robert Hartle, a comb
manufacturer, had a museum here
9. Matlock Bath: Derby
Road, Woodland House.
One of several Matlock Bath properties that fell victim to the bulldozer. George
Withers Saxton lived here and the Hoyland family ran it as apartments
10. Matlock Bath: Bath Terrace
Hotel.
Established in 1798, this was for a substantial part of the 19th century run
by the Walker family
11. Matlock Bath from
High Tor. Early twentieth century view - these days it can be seen from the
Heights of Abraham Cable Car
12. Holy Trinity Church and
the Switchback Railway, Matlock Bath, 1916 Art Nouveau design
13. Matlock
Bath in the 1890s.
A Victorian photograph that was taken outside the Temple Hotel between 1887 and
1898, looking towards Waterloo Road and Holme Road
14. Whittaker's Tordale
Bottling Plant, Dale Road, Matlock Bath - Labels. Bottle labels for Whittakers
and Tordale brands
15. Matlock
Bath: Photograph of the Promenade Café, North Parade. Taken during the Second World War
16. Photograph
of North Parade, Matlock Bath.
Probably taken just after the First World War
17. North Parade in the
1920s, Matlock Bath.
The George Hotel and Boden's shop
18. High Tor & Railway
Station, Matlock Bath, 1862.
Vignette engraving of High Tor and Matlock Bath station, with its distinctive
chalet-style roof
19. Matlock
Bath: Photograph of Dale Road From High Tor. Early twentieth century photograph,
showing Brunswood Terrace and Derwent House
20. Matlock: High Tor Guest
House, From High Tor Bridge. Romantic view of the Guest House, beautifully
framed by the ironwork of the suspension bridge
21. Matlock
Bath: Heights of Jacob, Fluor Spar Cavern. Two early twentieth
century cards of the cavern on the Heights of Jacob, one of
the exterior and the second of the cavern itself.
22. Matlock
Bath: Zoo Tea Gardens, Upper Wood. This
wonderful but slightly eccentric building, possibly the ultimate
curiosity in garden shed design, used to be in Upper Wood
23. Matlock: Ernest Bailey's
Grammar School, July 1947.
Pupils and Staff. A panoramic photograph that has been split
into three sections |
Additions to:
1. Matlock Bath: Coat of Arms. A second
postcard, from 1904, has been added to the page. Another from the Ken Smith archives |
Additions to:
- Strays
1871 census: AMONTAQUESCOTT (from Brian)
1891 census: BARTON | BURTON (5)
1901 census: BARTON (3) |
| Oct 2009 |
New pages:
Once more, with many thanks to Ken Smith for sharing more of his collection
(see items 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14). Also thanks to Andy Andrews for
photos in item 2.
1. Matlock Bath: Coat of Arms. The
village seems to have had at least five designs for its
coats of arms. The ones we know of are discussed on this page. Postcard
and photographs of commemorative china
2. Matlock Bath Today
(4). Recent Photographs. Three photos, two of the former
Colour Works and one of the High Tor Tunnel, plus a little
about building the tunnel
3. Matlock
Bath: Whittaker's Bottling Plant, Dale Road.
From the top of High Tor, looking down at the bottling plant
in the Dale. The series of buildings where the Whittaker family
carried out their soft drinks business
4. Matlock
Bath: The Dale, 1926, from a Ward Lock Guide
5. Stereoview
of Matlock Bath Station, Nineteenth Century. Holiday crowds
6. Matlock
Bath: North Parade, Bank Holiday Crowds, 1905. A photograph
by Percy Rowbottom
7. Matlock
Bath: South Parade, Bank Holiday Crowds, 1905. A photograph
by Percy Rowbottom. A little later in October a link to a 1966
crowds scene that is elsewhere within the web site has been
added to the page.
8. Matlock Bank
from Masson, with Masson Farm. Taken from the top of the
Victoria Tower on the Heights of Abraham
9. Matlock Old Church,
1870. Just before the church closed for major rebuilding
10. Pig Tor, Matlock, 1903
- 1905. Photographed shortly after the walkway was opened
11. Matlock:
Pic Tor, the Cycle Track and Matlock Green, 1909. Charles
Colledge's card shows more of the cycle track
12. Scarthin Nick From
Allen's Hill, 1892. The hamlet of Scarthin was for many
years part of Matlock Bath. The parish boundary went along
the edge of the Greyhound Pond
13. Scarthin
Nick and the Greyhound Pond, about 1905. A large pond is
a wonderful asset for any community but during the nineteenth
century Scarthin's residents faced some public health issues
14. Scarthin
Nick : Staffordshire Row, 1905. Late eighteenth century
terraced houses, built by Arkwright |
Corrected page:
Matlock Bath Today.
Recent Photographs (3) Somewhere between mid September and
6 October I managed to change the name of Wellington House! All
put right |
Pages renamed and moved into
the 18th/19th century section as the images have been found
to be earlier than originally thought:
1. Matlock Bath:
Dale Road, 1895. This was Matlock Bath, Dale Road, 1905.
The image has also been rescanned.
2. Matlock
Bridge and Bank, 1892. This was Matlock Bridge and Bank,
1904. The image has also been rescanned. |
Page file name changed:
1. Matlock, The Bridge
2. Matlock Bridge,
Pic Tor Walk, 1909 |
Additions to:
- Strays 1901 census: HAWLEY | VALLANCE (2) |
| Sep 2009 |
New pages:
Again, with grateful thanks to Ken Smith for sharing more of his collection (see
items 2, 3, 4, 9, 10). Also thanks to Ken and Andy Andrews for photos in items
6, 7, 8
1.
Matlock: St. Giles Church,
1909
2. Matlock Bath:
Lovers' Walks and the Band Stand.
The Band Stand, or Band Kiosk as it was originally called, is almost 120 year
old (or it will be when the Olympics take place)
3. Matlock Bath:
Jubilee Bridge, 1910.
A slightly unusual view of the bridge, as it was mostly photographed as part
of the river scene
4. Matlock
Bath: South Parade & Green Lane, about 1900
5. Matlock
Bath: South Parade, early twentieth century. Queen Series
postcard
6. Matlock Bath Today.
Recent Photographs (1) - North Parade and two of the bottom
of Holme Road. Three images
7. Matlock Bath Today.
Recent Photographs (2) - View from the Heights of Abraham,
plus Temple Walk and Orchard Road from Upperwood Road, including
the former Prince of Wales Inn. Five images
8. Matlock Bath Today.
Recent Photographs (3). The information from the original
"Matlock Bath Today" page has been incorporated into this page,
with more pictures of South Parade, plus a couple of North Parade.
Eight images
9. Matlock Bath: Holme
Road area, 1910-1920. Panorama of the properties on the hillside
above North Parade
10. Matlock
Bath: The Southern Entrance to the Dale, 1900-1910 - Scarthin rock |
Additions to:
Matlock - the photograph
of Starkholmes from Matlock Bath has been replaced |
Additions to the notes about:
Matlock
Bath: South Parade and the Heights of Abraham, 1905
|
Additions to:
Rosemary Lockie has most kindly provided a picture of Woodlands
School blazer badge (her primary school). See Schools and
Woodlands
School (Miss White's) & Oldham House Hydro |
Additions to:
- Strays 67 assorted names in 1861, mostly
born in Matlock Bath but living elsewhere in Derbyshire
And in 1891: DEW KING MARRIOTT MERRICK
Plus 1871 in Lancashire - HOLLINGWORTH | WILD (from Brian) |
Deleted file:
The file, matlockbath_today.htm (Matlock Bath Today) has been
deleted and the contents incorporated into a new page (see
above), with updated links |
| Aug 2009 |
New pages:
With many thanks to Ken Smith for sharing more of his collection
(see items 1 - 5, 8 - 11)
1. Matlock: Dale Road, Boat House Hotel and River, about 1908
2. Matlock: Dale Road, Boat House
Hotel & Quarry Early
twentieth century photo, with information about the footbridge which spans the
river
3. Matlock Bath: North Parade,
Albion Hotel Restaurant. Postcard of the restaurant's interior
4. Matlock Bath: Albion
Hotel Restaurant, North Parade - Card
Card printed for Mr. Graves, the proprietor (both sides)
5. Matlock Bath: Albion Boarding
House, North Parade, about 1900
Photograph of the outside
6. Matlock Bath: North Parade,
early twentieth century. North Parade (part of) in the first decade of the
twentieth century
7. Matlock Bath: The
Rutland Arms & Fairview Terrace One of two photographs, taken in the
early twentieth century, of the buildings opposite Masson Mill, photo from Ann
Andrews collection
8. Matlock
Bath: The Rutland Arms & Masson Mill This is the second
photograph, although the Mill is the main focus here
9. Matlock Bath: Fountain
Baths, Swimmers From Riber School Boys from Mr. Chippett's School attended
swimming lessons at the baths
10. Matlock Bath: New Bath Hotel
Booklet, about 1900. The front and back covers
11.
Matlock Bath: New Bath Hotel
Booklet, about 1900 (2). One of the photographs from the booklet
12. Matlock Bath: From the Eato Family Album.
The family moved to the George Hotel shortly before the First War. With grateful
thanks to Christine Rigley |
Name changes:
Several pages with photographs or postcards of North Parade
have been changed to make searching easier for the webmistress.
There are no broken links to the changed files |
Additions to:
- Pre 1858 Wills 2 new names, letter M |
Additions to:
- Strays BOND in 1871. Thanks, Brian
TIJOU
in 1901 | In 1861 KILLER | HOLMES (3) | RAYNER | SMITH.
In 1871 HOLMES | TOMLINSON |
Corrected entry:
1841 Census ED14 Surnames corrected:
SEULHAM?
to SEEDHOUSE
Alice ANN to Alice Ann [CUMMING]
BEADSHALL to BEADSHAW |
| Jun 2009 |
New pages:
1. Matlock:
NALGO House - the Derby and Derbyshire Convalescent Home,
where Rossetti stayed in 1857
2. Matlock:
High Tor Guest House, 1936-52 - a second picture
3. Willersley Castle
Terrace, 1933
4. Matlock Bath: The
Fish Pond & Pavilion,
with an additional piece of Matlock Bath history. With thanks
to Ken Smith |
Additions to:
- Matlock Bath from the Palais
Royal (Old Pavilion) - a second, coloured, image has been added. These are
the views late nineteenth century and early twentieth century visitors to Matlock
Bath's Old Pavilion would have seen |
Additions to:
- Strays BUNTING in 1871. Thanks again Brian.
WIDGERY
in 1901 | WILD marriage |
Additions to:
-Matlock and Matlock Bath References Presentation Archive & Heritage
Centre |
| May 2009 |
New
pages:
Images of Matlock Bath:
Thank you, once more, to Ray Ash for his images in items
1, 15, 19, 20, 21
Also to Kenneth Smith for items 4 (1 image), 5, 14
1. Matlock Bath: South
Parade and the Heights of Abraham, 1905.
Hand coloured postcard, taken shortly after the death of Queen Victoria
2. Matlock Bath: South Parade,
1910. It shows Matlock Bath's very tall policeman
3. Matlock Bath: South Parade,
1920s. A photograph taken by a local man, probably of a bank holiday crowd
4. Matlock Bath: New Bath Hotel
- The Outdoor Swimming Pool. Two postcards of the hotel's swimming pool,
both probably date from the 1930s. The first card was moved from another
webpage and the second picture is new, with my thanks to Ken Smith for it
5. Matlock Bath from the
Heights of Jacob, about 1912 - another of Calitta Tinti's postcards.
6. Matlock Bath: View from River
Derwent
- the back of the Devonshire Hotel
7. Matlock Bath: Woodbank, 1910 -
coloured view of Woodbank and Arkwright's Mason Mill was taken from Harp Edge
8. Matlock Bath : The Ferry
The Walker family ran Matlock Bath's Ferry and Lovers' Walk for most of the nineteenth
century
9. Matlock Bath: The Ferry and
the River Derwent, 1905
A spring picture of the river, the ferry and the pleasure boats
10. Matlock Bath: The Derwent
- and the Ferry, 1908 From an oil painting by
Henry Hadfield Cubley
11. Matlock Bath: On the Lovers'
Walk - and the Ferry, 1900
The picture provides a good view of Matlock Bath's "middle" ferry which
had been operating for many years.
12. Matlock Bath: Lover's
Walk and the Ferry House, 1903
From the Ward Lock Guide, 1903
13. Matlock Bath: The Ferry House From an oil painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley
14. Matlock
Bath: From Lover's Walk, Jubilee Bridge With information
about the laying out of the Promenade at the time of Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
Images of Matlock:
15. Matlock: Dale Road a late
Edwardian postcard.
16. Matlock: The Park and Tram Shelter.
The shelter and its clock were donated by Mr. Robert Wildgoose
17. Matlock: Water Cures, Mr. Smedley's
Baths, Boxes & Douches.
John Smedley designed a range of steam boxes, baths and douches, as well as some
other gadgets, for use at both the hydropathic establishment and the free hospital
18. The Pic Tor, Matlock, from a
painting by H H Cubley
19. Matlock: Pic Tor Promenade
- coloured postcard replaces black and white version. Thanks to Ray for providing
the replacement picture, which is a better image
20. Matlock Bridge, late 1880's }
two beautiful photographs
21. Matlock Bridge (and Bank), about 1890 }
of late 19th century Matlock |
Additions to:
Lists Through the Centuries,
The Sixteenth Century & Before
1. A List of "Alehouses, Innes, and Tavernes," in
Derbyshire in the Year 1577, 9 names.
Transcribed from the Domestic State Papers and published in Journal of the Derbyshire
Archaeological and Natural History Society
2. A Muster for Spanish Invasion, 3 Names (under Lists Containing
Five or Less Names) |
Additions to:
- Strays:
1. WARD | WOLLEY | WOOLLEY
2. 35 Stray Burials, with thanks to Mike Spencer: ALLEN | BLORE | BROCKLEHURST
(4) | BUNTING | CARLINE | DICKINSON | EVANS | HACKWOOD | HALL (HALE) | HALLOWS
| HARRISON | HERROD | HIGTON (2) | KIRK (2) | LENNOX | MANTON | ORME | OUTRAM
(2) | POTTER | RATCLIFFE | SEEDHOUSE | SHELDON | SMITH | WARDLE | WILDGOOSE |
WORTHY (2)
|
Page changes:
1. New Bath Hotel postcard. This used to include one of the photographs
of the outdoor swimming pool, but this has been moved to
a new page
2. Matlock: Pic Tor, 1920 Was Pic Tor
Promenade and there were two pictures originally, but the b&w
has been replaced and a new page created
3. Jubilee Bridge. Main image
rescanned, alterations to text and additional information
4. The Victoria Prospect
Tower, Matlock Bath, alterations to text and additional information
5. Matlock Bath : Victoria Tower,
View From Masson, 1907, alterations to text and additional information |
| Apr 2009 |
New pages:
Images:
1. Matlock Bath from the Heights
of Abraham, an engraving by C. Bailey - from John Smedley's "Practical
Hydropathy"
2. Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath -
also from "Practical Hydropathy"
3. Lea Mills, one mile from Cromford
Station, Derbyshire from "Mrs. Smedley's Ladies Manual"
4. Engraving of Matlock Bath,
from the Wild Cat Tor also from "Mrs. Smedley's Ladies Manual"
5. View from the Black Rocks, overlooking
Cromford Cotton Mills (the first built in England), Willersley Castle, Heights
of Abraham and the High Tor also from "Mrs. Smedley's Ladies Manual"
6. Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment,
Matlock Bank, another image from "Mrs. Smedley's Ladies Manual" ..."It
is always being enlarged"
7. Riber Castle, Four Mid-Nineteeth
Century Engravings,
one from Mrs. Smedley's book and three smaller ones from John Smedley's book
8. Matlock Bath, Lovers'
Walks, 1932, two photographs from a Ward Lock Guide
9. Matlock Bath, from the
Heights of Abraham, before 1910, from a Ward Lock Guide
10. Matlock Bath: High Tor,
the Rock Face
11. Matlock Bath: High
Tor, Switzerland View - another of Calitta Tinti's postcards.
With grateful thanks to Ken Smith
12. Matlock Bath: Great Rutland
Cavern on the Heights of Abraham - the Old Oak Tree. Also courtesy of Ken
13. Matlock Bath: River Derwent
and Promenade, showing one of the old thatched kiosks. Another Ken S card
14. Matlock Bath: Lovers
Walks, 1950s - beautifully photographed card featuring two young people ...
also for Ken
15. Matlock Bank, a trichromatic postcard
of the Bank from Masson Hillside
16. Matlock Bank from
the Derwent, 1903, from an oil painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley
17. Matlock: St. John's Church, Cliff
Road - on the hillside of Matlock Dale
18. Matlock: St Giles Sunday
School Picnic, about 1920. Photograph of a group of children who attended
the Sunday School, with their teachers and Canon Kewley, Rector of Matlock. With
many thanks to Jean Baloo
19. Starkholmes ARP Wardens,
about 1940
Air Raid Prevention Wardens played a vital part in Britain's defence during the
Second World War. Another from Jean Baloo's collection
20. Matlock Bath: The Fish Pond,
1932
- shows the shops opposite the Fish Pond. Includes a recent photo, taken by Ken
Smith, of the shop that was formerly Mr. Gills
22. Matlock Bath: The
Royal Pavilion, about 1950, and a more recent winter scene of the Pavilion
and Fishpond. Both provided by Ken
Smith
All pages with images from Ward Lock Guides now show a small picture of the guide's
cover. So do all pages in the "Images" section that have pictures
from "Mrs. Smedley's Ladies Manual" and "Practical Hydropathy" (spine
only of Prac Hyd) |
Additions to:-
Baptisms (1838-1856) A handful
of names have been added and some minor typos corrected. All
altered or new entries are marked with * |
Additions to:-
Churches. More about Scarthin's
Mission Church |
Page changes:
High Tor - photograph
rescanned |
Additions to:
- Strays:
1. Three marriages - HEPWORTH | HODKINSON | TAYLOR
2. GREGORY, 1901 |
Additions to:
- War Memorials. A photograph of Matlock Bath memorial's winter clean has been
kindly provided by Ken Smith |
Additions to:
- Pre 1858 Wills: BADGLEY
|
| Mar 2009 |
New pages:
Images
1. Matlock: Riber
Hall, an early twentieth century painting by Henry Hadfield
Cubley
2. Matlock: Riber
Hill and Riber Castle, a view of the farms and dry stone
walls below the castle
3. Matlock
Bath Advertisements, 1903, The Peveril, The Fishpond Posting
Establishment and the Temple - from a Ward Lock Guide |
Additions to:
- Matlock Bath: Upper Tower, Heights
of Abraham. A couple of dates of sale have
been added |
Additions to:
- Schools. Another headmaster named for Holy Trinity
and some more of the staff. Also extra details of All Saints' / Chesterfield
Road / Matlock Town / Starkholmes school's opening from the "Derby
Mercury". Plus a few more nineteenth century private schools |
Additions to:
- Strays:
1. MART (3) in 1901
2. BRYAN | FALLON | SLACK | TURNER | WADSWORTH | WHELER | WITE | WOODIWISS - all 1881
3.
72 surnames beginning with letter C and E living within Derbyshire in 1881
4. 25 born Riber or Starkholmes living within Derbyshire in 1881
5. A further 271 with surnames - mostly H, T and W - living within Derbyshire
in 1881
6. 21 with surnames B, mostly BUCKLEY and BUNTING |
Link added and additions:
- Wills:
1. Executors for four wills, letter W
2. Link to Wishful Thinking's (new) searchable list of "Calendars
of Lichfield Wills and Administrations, 1516-1652" |
| Feb 2009 |
New pages:
Images
1. Rockside Hydro, Matlock, 1908 - just a couple of years after the early twentieth century refurbishment, much of which was in the Art Nouveau style
Several photographs from the Ward Lock Guide for 1903-4
2. Rockside Hydro, Matlock, 1903,
an advertisement showing the original building
3. The Promenade, Matlock Bath, 1903
4. Matlock Bath, The Old Pavilion, 1903 - the Palais Royal
5. Matlock Bath, South Parade, 1903 - with the Great Petrifying Well |
New pages:
War Memorials
1. Names on Matlock's War Memorial : Second World War Casualties
Both the names of those who lost their lives and some information about them
2. Surnames Index - locate the Memorial and find information about the War Casualties. There are 218 surnames either on Matlock and District's War Memorials or of men who who had Matlock links (e.g. place of birth). Some people are named on more than one Memorial |
| Jan 2009 |
Matlock & Matlock Bath Tour Guides:
- "On Foot Through the Peak; or a Summer Saunter Through the Hills and Dales of Derbyshire" by James Croston (1868) (2nd Ed)
Transcripts of most of three chapters, which describe the Matlocks.
The transcripts include an interesting perambulation around Matlock Bath and refers to the people seen on the street as well as the usual buildings and scenery. With adverts and illustrations. A big thank you to Ray Ash. |
New pages:
- Images:
1. Dale View Holiday Centre, Matlock - a large house on Sitch Lane. With grateful thanks to Brian Marsden
2. Matlock: Dale Road - early 20th century. Evans the jewellers, etc. |
Additions to:
- FAQs (Petrification): An additional quote from Ward Lock's 1903 Guide which describes the process of petrification
- Strays: 3 from Lancashire in 1871. Surnames FRENCH, KNOWLES. Thanks, as always, to Brian |
Additions to:
- Wills, pre 1858: CLARKE (1) |
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