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Matlock Bank, 1908
A view from Masson |
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Matlock Bank
A trichromatic postcard of the Bank from Masson Hillside |
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Matlock
Bank from Masson, with Masson Farm *New*
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: The
Cinema House, 1922 New*
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 : 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: Claremont, and Mr.
Rowland
Charles Rowland built Rockside and Claremont on Cavendish Road |
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Matlock: High Tor
Guest House, 1945-50
Tor Cottage was built in Matlock Dale by Colonel Edward Payne
in the early nineteenth century |
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Matlock : High
Tor Guest House, 1936-52 *New*
A second postcard |
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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 |
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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 *New*
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Matlock: Dale
Road, Boat House Hotel & Quarry *New*
Early twentieth century photo, with information about the footbridge
which spans the river |
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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 recognisable today |
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Matlock: Dale Road
a late Edwardian postcard *New*
Very similar to the card above |
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Matlock: Dale Road
Early 20th century. Evans the jewellers, etc. |
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Matlock: Dale Road &
The Old English Hotel
The photo with the very long ladder. Find out who th shopkeepers
were |
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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: 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: Lilybank Hydro
- Menus, 1958 - 60
A dinner menu and the two menu covers |
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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: 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 Bridge and
Bank, 1909
Unusual view of Matlock Bank and Bridge, photographed from just
past the Quarry |
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Matlock: Looking towards
Hackney
Early 20th century card, including Allen Hill and the Dimple |
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NALGO House, Matlock - the
Derby and Derbyshire Convalescent Home *New*
Where Rossetti stayed in 1857 on Lime Tree Road |
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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, with a mini
biography of the artist |
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Matlock: The Park and
Tram Shelter *New*
The shelter and its clock were donated by Mr. Robert Wildgoose |
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Hawe
Lees, Matlock, showing Bandstand and New Pavilion *New*
Early 20th century crowd listening to a Scottish
band
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Matlock,
The Park, 1952 *New*
The Hall Lees in 1952, with contemporary description |
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Pig Tor, Matlock, 1903 - 1905 *New*
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 *New*
From a painting by H H Cubley |
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Matlock: Pic Tor Promenade *New*
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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 *New*
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
1910
Celesque Series postcard of Matlock Bank and the Hall Leys |
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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: 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
Photograph of Riber at the beginning of the estate's development |
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Riber Hall
An early twentieth century paining 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 *New*
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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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
- The Terrace, 1927 |
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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 *New*
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Matlock: St. John's
Church, Cliff Road
The church peeps out from amongst the trees on the hillside above
the row of cottages and houses in Matlock Dale |
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Matlock:
Crowder Johnson's Handmade Hosiery Works *New*
A family run business |
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Matlock: Willersley Castle
Includes some information about Willersley after the Arkwright
family had left |
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Woodlands School
(Miss White's) & Oldham House Hydro
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 |