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Matlock:
Allen Hill Farm *New*
Allen Hill, the home of one branch of the ancient Derbyshire
family of Woolley, was demolished in 1934 |
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Matlock:
Hodgkinson's Matlock & Historic
Almanack, 1945 *New*
(War Edition), 65th year.
Includes several pages of local officials, etc. |
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Matlock Bank, about 1900 (1) |
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Matlock Bank, about
1900 (2)
From a Ward Lock Guide |
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Matlock Bridge and Bank, 1904
Coloured postcard, called Matlock Bridge but of both Matlock
Bridge and Matlock Bank |
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Matlock Bank
A trichromatic postcard of the Bank from Masson Hillside |
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Matlock Bank, 1908
A view from Masson |
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Matlock: General View - of
the Bridge and the Bank
About 1914 |
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Matlock:
Bank Road from Crown Square, about 1910 *New*
An unusual view of the world's steepest tramway, looking straight
up Bank Road |
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Matlock from Heights of
Abraham *New*
The Bank looks as if it is a relatively gently sloping hillside |
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Matlock Bank from Masson,
with Masson Farm
Taken from the top of the Victoria Tower on the Heights of
Abraham |
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Matlock
Bank from the Derwent, 1903
From an oil painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley |
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Matlock: General View, Early 20th Century *New*
Similar viewpoint to the card immediately below |
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Matlock Bridge and
Bank, 1909
Unusual view of Matlock Bank and Bridge, photographed from
just past the Quarry |
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Matlock at the Beginning of the
Twentieth Century
Three images of Basquil the tailors, the Crown Hotel and an
interior view of Hall and Co. |
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Matlock: The
Cinema House, 1922
Photographed shortly after it was built |
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Matlock: Chatsworth
Hydro
This was initially called Poplar Cottage and the Jeff's Poplar
Hydro and was originally run by the Davis family |
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}
}
Matlock: Poplar Hydro, later Chatsworth
Hydro, 1900-05 New*
}
These unusual postcards of the recreational activities available
} to
the guests of Poplar Hydro provide a fascinating glimpse
} into
hydro life before the Great War
} |
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Matlock : Chesterfield
House Hydro, 1918
Ralph Davis and John Smedley were the first two people to open
hydropathic establishments on Matlock Bank. Chesterfield House
was Davis's second independent hydro |
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Matlock:
Masson Hill from Chesterfield Road New*
Probably taken before WW1 |
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Matlock: Claremont, and Mr.
Rowland
Charles Rowland built Rockside and Claremont on Cavendish Road |
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Matlock: Church Organ Recitals
given by Harry Douglas, 1906-36 New*
Many were at the
Congregational Church |
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Matlock:
Church from Hawe Leys, 1906
From an oil painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley |
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Matlock District Council
Coronation Medal, 1937
A medal that was struck in 1937 on behalf of Matlock Urban
District Council to commemorate the Coronation of the new King
George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth |
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Matlock: Dale Road,
Boat House Hotel and River, about 1908 |
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Matlock: Dale Road,
Boat House Hotel & Quarry
Early twentieth century photo, with information about the footbridge
which spans the river |
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Matlock: Dale Road,
Boat House Hotel and Scout Rooms New*
The former meeting place of the 4th Matlock Scout Troop |
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Matlock: Dale Road, Beginning
of the Twentieth Century
Lovely card dating from around 1915, shows a view of Dale Road
still easily recognizable today |
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Matlock: Dale Road a late
Edwardian postcard
Very similar to the card above |
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Matlock: Dale Road, Early
1950s *New*
From Marsden's to the Old English |
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Matlock: Dale Road
Early 20th century. Evans the jewellers, etc. |
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Matlock:
Dale Road, about 1910 *New*
Statham's Studio and Gessey's Confectionery |
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Matlock: Dale Road &
The Old English Hotel
The photo with the very long ladder. Find out who the shopkeepers
were |
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Matlock: Seen
from the Look-out, Jackson Tor *New*
|
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Matlock: View of Matlock
From the Memorial, 1920s
Postcard showing Causeway Lane, the Hall Leys, the recently
built (Ritz) Cinema House and the Bank |
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Matlock from Riber, 1914 *New*
Matlock Bank was still relatively undeveloped |
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Florence Nightingale's Balcony,
Lea-Hurst, Nr. Matlock
Lea Hurst was one of the homes belonging to the father of Florence
Nightingale.
Also includes a post card of a painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley *New*
|
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Matlock: Lilybank Hydro (Dalefield)
Dalefield was opened as a hydropathic establishment by George
Bernard Barton. It changed its name to Lilybank. With information
about the Barton family |
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Matlock: Mr. Barton's
Dalefield Hydro (Lilybank), 1904
There was no mistaking George Bernard Barton's Dalefield Hydropathic
on Matlock Bank |
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Matlock:
Lilybank Hydro, Sun Lounge, 1930s *New*
|
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}
}
}
} Matlock: Lilybank Hydro
- Menus, 1958 - 60
} A dinner menu and the two menu covers
}
}
} |
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Matlock's Market Hall, Dale
Road
This building on Dale Road is quite significant in Matlock's
history and its opening was a grand occasion. It was built
as a market hall and opened in 1868 |
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Matlock: Various Scenes from
the Early Twentieth Century. A multi view card
Pictures of The Wishing Stone, Riber Castle, The Mill Dam at
Tansley, The Dale, Crown Square, Oker Hill, Matlock Bridge |
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Matlock: The Bridge, an
Edwardian Postcard
After the mediaeval bridge had been widened |
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Matlock: The Old Bridge
Postcard of a painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley |
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Matlock: The Derwent,
about 1910 |
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Matlock: Looking towards
Hackney
Early 20th century card, including Allen Hill and the Dimple |
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Matlock
House Hydro, Early Twentieth Century New*
Promotional card and 1903 advert, with more about the hydro |
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NALGO House, Matlock - the
Derby and Derbyshire Convalescent Home
Where Rossetti stayed on Lime Tree Road in 1857 |
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Dale View
Holiday Centre, Matlock
A large house on Sitch Lane, Oker |
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Old Matlock
Postcard of a painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley.
The artist's biography has been moved to the Biographies section
of the site |
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Matlock: Oldham House
Hydro & Woodlands School (Miss White's)
The hydro on Wellington Street, that had been run for many
years by the Davis family, was bought by two sisters after
WW2 and turned into a private school which closed in 1965 |
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Matlock: Oldham House and Prospect Place Hydro, 1903 Advertisement *New*
From Abel Heywood's Guide |
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Matlock:
Oldham House Hydro *New*
Oldham House Hydro, Matlock - with a number of people in the
photograph |
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Matlock:
Oldham House Hydro, Wellington Street, 1924 *New*
Lubin George Wildgoose, a grandson of Thomas Davis, was running
the hydro |
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Matlock:
Oldham House Hydro, Tennis Court and Bowling Green *New*
|
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Matlock: The Park and
Tram Shelter
The shelter and its clock were donated by Mr. Robert Wildgoose |
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Hawe Lees, Matlock,
showing Bandstand and New Pavilion
Early 20th century crowd listening to a Scottish band
|
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Matlock:
The Bandstand, Hall Leys Pleasure Grounds, 1950s. *New*
Screens were erected on Matlock's Bandstand. |
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Matlock: Hall Leys, about 1910 New*
Some people are playing tennis |
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Matlock: Hall Lees *New*
Possibly from the 1930s |
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Matlock:
Hall Leys, Tennis, Boating Lake & Paddling
Pool, 1940s & 50s *New*
Three postcards and a photograph
(The photo of the tennis courts has been moved. It used to
be on a different web page) |
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Matlock, The Park, 1952
The Hall Lees in 1952, with contemporary description |
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Pig Tor, Matlock, 1903 - 1905
Photographed shortly after the walkway was opened |
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Matlock Bridge, Pic Tor Walk
1909
Black and white postcard of a lovely riverside walk |
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Matlock: Pic Tor, 1920
The attractive Pic Tor Walk |
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Matlock: The Pic Tor
From a painting by H H Cubley |
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Matlock: Pic Tor Promenade |
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Matlock: Pic Tor and
Riber Castle, with War Memorial, 1935 |
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Matlock: Pic Tor, the
Cycle Track and Matlock Green
Postcard of Pic Tor looking towards Matlock Green and Tansley |
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Matlock: Pic Tor,
the Cycle Track and Matlock Green, 1909
Charles Colledge's card is a slightly earlier picture than
the one above and shows more of the cycle track |
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Matlock: General View,
about 1914
Celesque Series postcard of Matlock Bank and the Hall Leys |
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Matlock: Showing
the Church and Memorial Gardens
Riber Hillside, photographed from the Hall Leys. Shows Matlock
Parish Church, the churchyard and the War Memorial |
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Matlock: Lynholmes Road and
the early days of the Hurst Farm Estate
Two photographs of the Riber hillside, the first taken at the
beginning of the estate's development and the second taken
in 1947 and shows part of the Drill Hall |
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Matlock: Riber, a Winter
Scene, 1937 *New*
With the publisher's signature on the back |
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Riber Hall
An early twentieth century painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley |
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Riber Hill and Riber
Castle, Matlock
View of the farms and dry stone walls below the castle |
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Riber Castle, Matlock
: A Classroom
A postcard produced by Rev. Chippett |
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Rockside Hydro,
Matlock, 1903
An advertisement showing the original building, shortly before
the building was redesigned. From the Ward Lock Guide |
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Rockside Hydro, Matlock,
1908
Just a couple of years after the twentieth century refurbishment,
much of which was in the Art Nouveau style |
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Rockside, Matlock.-View from South, 1917 *New*
Rockside was still open for business in the early part of the
First World War |
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Matlock: Rockside Hydro, One of the Tennis
Courts *New*
Tennis was just one of the activities that
visitors to Rockside Hydro were able to enjoy in the 1920 |
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Matlock: Rockside Hydro,
1933
A top quality hotel, with information about the people who
ran it |
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Matlock:
Rockside Hall of Residence
The building in 1956, with young students who were at the Teacher
Training College |
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Matlock: Rockside, the former
hydro
Photographs of Rockside in a very sorry state of repair, some
pictures of the redevelopment in progress and photographs of
the restored building (including the interior) |
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Matlock: A Peep at
Riber Castle
The view from Matlock Bath |
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Matlock: The Quarry
This view of the quarry on Dale Road was perhaps a water colour
sketch |
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Matlock: Smedley's Hydro, 1906 |
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Matlock:
Smedley's Hydro Drawing Room, 1906 *New*
Edwardian picture of the drawing room, dominated by two huge
portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Smedley |
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Matlock: Smedley's
Hydro, 1909 *New*
A garage had been built the previous year |
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}
}
}
} Matlock, Smedley's
Christmas Banquet Menu, 1925 *New*
}
]
}
} |
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}
}
}
} Matlock: Smedley's
Christmas Banquet Menus, 1926-7 *New*
} Also includes list of music played in 1927
}
}
} |
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}
}
}
} Matlock: Smedley's
Menus, 1946-9 *New*
}Two Christmas menus, and the New Year Dinner Menu for 1949
}
}
} |
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Matlock: Smedley's Hydro
- The Terrace, 1927 |
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Matlock: Smedley's
Hydro, the Terrace in the Snow, 1920s *New*
|
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Matlock: Smedley's -
Great Britain's Greatest Hydro, 1950
An advertisement published in "The Derbyshire Countryside" |
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Matlock: Smedley's
Hydro and Grounds, 1952
A centenary multi-view card |
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Matlock: Smedley's
Memorial Hydropathic Hospital
Founded by Mrs. Smedley |
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Matlock: St Giles Church,
about 1904 |
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Matlock: St. Giles Parish
Church, 1908
Matlock's Parish Church in 1908, with a short description by
J. Charles Cox written in 1915 |
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Matlock: St. Giles Church,
1909 |
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}
}
} Matlock:
Crowder Johnson's Handmade Hosiery Works
} A family run business on Wellington Street. Two images
}
} |
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Matlock: Willersley Castle
Includes some information about Willersley after the Arkwright
family had left |
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Matlock: Willersley
Castle and the Matlock Hills, from Cromford Hill *New*
|
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Matlock: The Wishing
Stone *New*
Matlock's Wishing Stone is a massive rock |
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