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	Matlock Bath Advertisements, 1903 *New* The Peveril, The Fishpond Posting Establishment and the Temple - from a Ward Lock Guide
	Matlock Bath and the Derwent From a Ward Lock Guide. It shows the enlarged Royal Hotel only a year before the fire that destroyed the main building
	} } } } Matlock Bath: Coat of Arms *New* } The village seems to have had at least five designs for its coats of arms. } The ones we know of, featured on commemorative china } and two postcards, are discussed on this page. } } }
	Matlock Bath: Bath Terrace Hotel *New* Established in 1798, this was for a substantial part of the 19th century run by the Walker family
	The Church and Boat House, Matlock Bath, 1905 From an oil painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley
	Matlock Bath: Boating on the River Derwent and a little about some of the accidents there have been
	The Burdett family outside 5 Clarence Villas *New* Clarence Villas is next to Hope Terrace on Brunswood Road
	Matlock Bath: Youth Hostel, 1960 - the First Vicarage The former vicarage is on Brunswood Road
	Matlock Bath: Brunswood Terrace Photographed around 1910, this picture was taken to Canada by a local man who emigrated there
	Matlock Bath: Cat Tor, 1913 Lovely B&W postcard of this limestone escarpment
	Matlock Bath: Photograph of Dale Road From High Tor *New* Early twentieth century photograph, showing Brunswood Terrace and Derwent House
	Matlock Bath: Whittaker's Bottling Plant, Dale Road *New* 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
	Whittaker's Tordale Bottling Plant, Dale Road, Matlock Bath - Labels *New* Bottle labels for Whittakers and Tordale brands
	Matlock Bath: The Dale, 1926 *New* From a Ward Lock Guide. The view has changed very little
	Matlock Bath: Derby Road, Hartle's Bazaar *New* In the nineteenth century Robert Hartle, a comb manufacturer, had a museum here
	Matlock Bath: Derby Road, Woodland House *New* One of several Matlock Bath properties that fell victim to the bulldozer
	Matlock Bath: River Derwent & the Devonshire Hotel Pretty card of buildings reminiscent of Venice that were eventually demolished for road widening
	Matlock Bath : The Ferry *New* The Walker family ran Matlock Bath's Ferry and Lovers' Walk for most of the nineteenth century
	Matlock Bath: The Ferry and the River Derwent, 1905 *New* A spring picture of the river, the ferry and the pleasure boats
	Matlock Bath: The Derwent - and the Ferry, 1908 *New* From an oil painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley
	Matlock Bath: On the Lovers' Walk - and the Ferry, 1900 *New* The picture provides a good view of Matlock Bath's "middle" ferry which had been operating for many years.
	Matlock Bath: Lover's Walk and the Ferry House, 1903 *New* From the Ward Lock Guide, 1903
	Matlock Bath: The Ferry House *New* From an oil painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley
	Matlock Bath: The Fish Pond, about 1920
	Matlock Bath: The Fish Pond A slightly earlier photograph than the one above, from a Ward Lock Guide
	Matlock Bath: The Fish Pond, 1932 It shows the shops opposite the Fish Pond
	Matlock Bath: The Fish Pond & Pavilion *New* With an additional piece of Matlock Bath history
	Matlock Bath: Fish Pond Stables, 1907 The Royal Pavilion (Mining Museum) was built on this site
	Matlock Bath, from the Heights of Abraham, before 1910 A photograph from a Ward Lock Guide
	Matlock Bath: General View from The Heights of Abraham, about 1914 Superb view, looking south
	Holy Trinity Church and the Switchback Railway, Matlock Bath, 1916 *New* Art Nouveau design
	Matlock Bath: Holy Trinity Church Interior,1907 An interesting postcard from before the first War
	Matlock Bath: Great Rutland Cavern on the Heights of Abraham - the Old Oak Tree
	Matlock Bath: Upper Tower, Heights of Abraham Early twentieth century sepia postcard of the Upper Tower in the grounds of the Heights of Abraham
	Matlock Bath: Victoria Prospect Tower, 1913 Heights of Abraham
	Matlock Bath: Victoria Tower, View from Masson, 1907 Lovely coloured view of the Tower on the Heights of Abraham and the hills in the distance
	} } } Matlock Bath: Heights of Jacob, Fluor Spar Cavern *New* } Two early twentieth century cards of the cavern on the Heights of Jacob, } one of the exterior and the second of the cavern itself. } }
	Matlock Bath: Zoo Tea Gardens, Upper Wood *New* This wonderful but slightly eccentric building, possibly the ultimate curiosity in garden shed design, used to be in Upper Wood
	Matlock Bath: High Tor Beautiful photograph and a quote from Rhodes. The page is new, but the photograph and some of the text was originally in a different section of this website
	Matlock Bath: High Tor and the Colour Works How and why a Colour Works became established below High Tor in Matlock Dale
	Matlock Bath: High Tor from Matlock Bath Station, 1912
	Matlock Bath: High Tor, the Rock Face
	Matlock Bath: High Tor, Switzerland View
	Matlock Bath: Holme Road area, 1910-1920 *New* Panorama of the properties on the hillside above North Parade
	Matlock Bath, from High Tor *New* Early twentieth century view - these days it can be seen from the Heights of Abraham Cable Car
	Matlock Bath: Illuminations & Venetian Fête in the 1950's Describes the seven year involvement of my late father, with photographs of just two of the hundreds of set pieces he produced
	} } Matlock Bath: Jubilee Bridge } The bridge was finally put in place a few days before Queen Victoria's Jubilee } in 1887. Now with more information } }
	Matlock Bath: Jubilee Bridge, 1910 A slightly unusual view of the bridge, as it was mostly photographed as part of the river scene
	Matlock Bath: From Lover's Walk, Jubilee Bridge *New* The Promenade Gardens were laid out before the bridge was built
	Matlock Bath from Cat Tor A coloured version of a one of the earliest cards on this website
	Matlock Bath from the Heights of Jacob, 1908 Popular view of Matlock Bath from the Heights of Jacob
	Matlock Bath from the Heights of Jacob, 1911 Early autumn view looking down into the valley. Colour. There's also a black and white, slightly larger, version of this view under the "Just Images" section
	Matlock Bath from the Heights of Jacob, about 1912 *New*
	} } Matlock Bath from the Palais Royal (Old Pavilion) } Two very similar views that late nineteenth century and early twentieth century } visitors to Matlock Bath's Old Pavilion would have seen } }
	Matlock Bath: View from Starkholmes, 1908 A wonderful panoramic view of Matlock Bath and Masson hillside
	Matlock Bath from Waterloo Road
	Matlock Bath: North Promenade, an Edwardian Post Card Here is Matlock Bath's North Parade, from the bottom of Holme Road looking south
	Matlock Bath: North Parade, early twentieth century *New* North Parade (part of) in the first decade of the twentieth century
	Matlock Bath: North Parade, 1908 Coloured postcard showing Fountain Villas
	Matlock Bath: The Parade A photograph from the 1928 Ward Lock Guide
	Matlock Bath: North Parade A photograph from the 1928 Ward Lock Guide. Shows the memorial
	} } Matlock Bath: North Parade about 1960 } Two photographs - one is of one the shops in 1960 or so (Mr. Gale's Gift } Shop) and the other is a more recent one of North Parade, taken after the } A6 had been widened }
	Matlock Bath: North Parade, Albion Hotel Restaurant *New* Postcard of the restaurant's interior
	Matlock Bath: Albion Hotel Restaurant, North Parade - Card *New* Card printed for Mr. Graves, the proprietor
	Matlock Bath: Albion Boarding House, North Parade, about 1900 *New* Photograph of the outside
	Matlock Bath: North Parade, Bank Holiday Crowds, 1905 *New* A photograph by Percy Rowbottom
	Matlock Bath: The Parade Edwardian view of the Parade and the Promenade
	Matlock Bath: Photograph of the Promenade Café, North Parade *New* Taken during the Second World War
	Photograph of North Parade, Matlock Bath *New* Probably taken just after the First World War
	North Parade in the 1920s, Matlock Bath *New* The George Hotel and Boden's shop
	Matlock Bath: The Promenade, about 1915
	Matlock Bath: The Promenade *New* This water feature opposite the old Fountain Baths disappeared when the road was widened
	The Promenade, Matlock Bath, 1903 *New* A photograph from a Ward Lock Guide
	Matlock Bath: Lovers' Walks and the Band Stand *New* 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)
	Matlock Bath: River Derwent and Promenade *New* Showing one of the old thatched kiosks
	Matlock Bath: Promenade and Memorial *New*
	Road Widening at Matlock Bath, 1967 *New* A series of five photographs showing the work in progress
	Matlock Bath: View from River Derwent *New*
	Matlock Bath: River Derwent from Lovers Walk, 1926
	Lovers' Walk, Matlock Bath
	Matlock Bath: Lover's Walks and River Derwent, Edwardian card Delightful card showing three young girls
	} } Matlock Bath, Lovers' Walks, 1932 } Two photographs from a Ward Lock Guide } }
	Matlock Bath: Lovers' Walks, 1950s This is a really high quality photograph
	Matlock Bath: New Bath Hotel One of Matlock Bath's oldest hotels and where people came for the medicinal properties of the water, general view taken from Cat Tor
	} } } Matlock Bath: New Bath Hotel Booklet, about 1900 *New* } The front and back covers } }
	Matlock Bath: New Bath Hotel Booklet, about 1900 (2) *New* One of the photographs from the booklet
	New Bath Hotel, Matlock Bath Includes a quote from one of the Ward Lock Guides
	} } Matlock Bath: New Bath Hotel - the Outdoor Swimming Pool *New* } Two postcards of the hotel's swimming pool. } Both cards probably date from the 1930s. } }
	Matlock Bath, The Old Pavilion, 1903 - the Palais Royal A photograph from a Ward Lock Guide
	Matlock Bath: The Royal Hotel Matlock Bath's top class hotel, which replaced The Old Bath Hotel, was burnt down in a fire
	Matlock Bath: Royal Hotel & Baths
	Royal Hotel & Baths, Matlock Bath (2) This postcard shows the later extension at the rear which survived the fire of 1929
	Matlock Bath: The Great Petrifying Well, 1932
	Matlock Bath, South Parade, 1903 - with the Great Petrifying Well A photograph from a Ward Lock Guide
	Matlock Bath: The Royal Pavilion (The Kursaal), 1915 Matlock Bath's Royal Pavilion, built in 1910, was originally known as the Kursaal
	Matlock Bath: Royal Pavilion and Spar Shop Royal Pavilion and the Heights of Abraham on Masson hillside
	Matlock Bath: The Royal Pavilion, about 1950
	Matlock Bath: The Rutland Arms & Fairview Terrace *New* One of two photographs, taken in the early twentieth century, of the buildings opposite Masson Mill
	Matlock Bath:The Rutland Arms & Masson Mill *New* This is the second photograph, although the Mill is the main focus here
	Matlock Bath: The Southern Entrance to the Dale, 1900-1910 *New* Scarthin Rock
	Scarthin Nick and the Greyhound Pond, about 1905 *New* A large pond is a wonderful asset for any community but during the nineteenth century Scarthin's residents faced some public health issues
	Scarthin Nick : Staffordshire Row, 1905 *New* Late eighteenth century terraced houses, built by Arkwright
	Matlock Bath: South Parade - an Edwardian Postcard Very pretty coloured postcard of South Parade and the Heights of Abraham
	Matlock Bath: Photograph of Museum Parade & The Pitchings, 1909 A lovely clear B&W photograph taken by an Australian visitor
	Matlock Bath: South Parade and the Heights of Abraham, 1905 *New* Hand coloured postcard, taken shortly after the death of Queen Victoria
	Matlock Bath: Postcard of South Parade, 1909 Slightly different from the previous two images
	Matlock Bath: South Parade, 1910 *New* It shows Matlock Bath's very tall policeman
	Matlock Bath: South Parade, early twentieth century *New* Queen Series postcard
	Matlock Bath: South Parade, Bank Holiday Crowds, 1905 *New* A photograph by Percy Rowbottom
	Matlock Bath: South Parade, 1920s *New* A photograph taken by a local man, probably of a bank holiday crowd
	Matlock Bath: South Parade & Green Lane, about 1900 *New*
	Matlock Bath: South Parade & the Pitchings, a drawing Here is a print taken from a drawing done by Mr. Frank Clay. The drawing and some of the text was originally in a different section of this website
	Matlock Bath Station and High Tor Matlock Bath station was built in the style of a Swiss chalet. It was extended in the 1890s. Includes photos of the station today
	Matlock Bath: Midland Express Passing Through the Station Early twentieth century card of the station and the goods yard
	Matlock Bath: Station House and the Last Station Master Two twentieth century photographs, with some details of the railway and previous station masters
	Matlock Bath: Temple Hotel The Temple Hotel is one of Matlock Bath's oldest hotels
	} } } Matlock Bath Today (1) *New* } Recent Photographs - North Parade and two of the bottom of Holme Road } Two out of three shown left } }
	} } Matlock Bath Today (2) *New* } Recent Photographs - View from the Heights of Abraham, plus Temple Walk } and Orchard Road from Upperwood Road, including the former Prince of Wales Inn } Two out of five shown left } }
	} Matlock Bath Today (3) *New* } Recent Photographs. 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 } Two out of eight shown left }
	} Matlock Bath Today (4) *New* } Recent Photographs. Two pictures of the former Colour Works and one of the High Tor Tunnel, plus a little about building the tunnel
	Matlock Bath: Woodbank, 1910 *New* Coloured view of Woodbank and Arkwright's Mason Mill taken from Harp Edge
	Matlock Bath: Woodbank, later Cromford Court It was built by John Edward Lawton, a Cotton Manufacturer from Manchester, who was in partnership with Frederic Charles Arkwright at one stage
	Via Gellia, Rider Point nr. Matlock Bath, 1909 Beautiful coloured postcard dating from 1909
	In Via Gellia, near Matlock Bath, 1906
	Via Gellia, Tufa Cottage, near Matlock Bath A coloured postcard sent to my great aunt in 1905