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The Church and Boat
House, Matlock Bath, 1905 *New*
From an oil painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley |
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Matlock Bath: Boating
on the River Derwent *New*
and a little about some of the accidents there have been |
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Matlock Bath: Brunswood
Terrace
Photographed around 1910, this picture was taken to Canada by
a local man who emigrated there |
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Matlock Bath:
Cat Tor, 1913
Lovely B&W postcard of this limestone escarpment |
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Matlock Bath: Dale Road,
1905
The first view of Matlock Bath for those arriving by train |
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Matlock Bath: The Fish
Pond, about 1920 |
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Matlock Bath: Fish
Pond Stables, 1907 *New*
The Royal Pavilion (Mining Museum) was built on this site |
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Matlock Bath: General View
from The Heights of Abraham, about 1914 *New*
Superb view, looking south |
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Matlock Bath: Holy
Trinity Church Interior,1907 *New*
An interesting postcard from before the first War |
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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 |
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Matlock
Bath: High Tor from Matlock Bath Station, 1912 |
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Matlock Bath: High
Tor and the Colour Works *New*
How and why a Colour Works became established below High Tor
in Matlock Dale |
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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 |
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Matlock Bath: Jubilee
Bridge
The bridge was finally put in place a few days before Queen
Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 |
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Matlock Bath from Cat
Tor *New*
A coloured version of a one of the earliest cards on this website |
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Matlock Bath from
the Heights of Jacob, 1908
Popular view of Matlock Bath from the Heights of Jacob |
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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 |
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Matlock Bath: North
Parade, 1908 *New*
Coloured postcard showing Fountain Villas |
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Matlock Bath: North
Promenade, an Edwardian Post Card
Here is Matlock Bath's North Parade, from the bottom of Holme
Road looking south |
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Matlock Bath: The Parade
Edwardian view of the Parade and the Promenade |
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Matlock Bath: North Parade
about 1960
Two photographs - one of the shops and a more recent one of
North Parade |
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Matlock Bath: The Promenade,
about 1915 |
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Matlock Bath: River Derwent
& the Devonshire Hotel
Pretty card of buildings that were eventually demolished for
road widening |
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Matlock Bath: River
Derwent from Lovers Walk, 1926 |
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Matlock Bath: Lover's
Walks and River Derwent, Edwardian card
Delightful card showing three young girls |
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Matlock Bath: New Bath Hotel
One of Matlock Bath's old hotels and where people came for the
medicinal properties of the water, general view plus one of
the swimming pool |
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Matlock Bath: The Royal
Hotel *New*
Matlock Bath's top class hotel, which replaced The Old Bath
Hotel, was burnt down in a fire |
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Matlock Bath: The Royal
Museum Petrifying Well, 1932 |
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Matlock Bath: The
Royal Pavilion (The Kursaal), 1915 *New*
Matlock Bath's Royal Pavilion, built in 1910, was originally
known as the Kursaal |
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Matlock Bath:
Royal Pavilion and Spar Shop *New*
Royal Pavilion and the Heights of Abraham on Masson hillside |
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Matlock Bath: South Parade -
an Edwardian Postcard
Very pretty coloured postcard of South Parade and the Heights
of Abraham |
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Matlock Bath: Photograph
of Museum Parade & The Pitchings, 1909
A lovely clear B&W photograph taken by an Australian visitor |
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Matlock Bath: Postcard
of South Parade, 1909
Slightly different from the previous two images |
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Matlock Bath: South
Parade & the Pitchings, a drawing
Here is a print taken from a drawing done by Mr. Frank Clay.
The page is new, but the drawing and some of the text was originally
in a different section of this website |
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Matlock Bath Station
and High Tor *New*
Matlock Bath station was built in the style of a Swiss chalet.
It was extended in the 1890s. Includes photos of the station
today |
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Matlock
Bath: Midland Express Passing Through the Station *New*
Early twentieth century card of the station and the goods yard |
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Matlock Bath:
Station House and the Last Station Master
Two twentieth century photographs, with some details of the
railway and previous station masters |
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Matlock Bath: Temple
Hotel *New*
The Temple Hotel is one of Matlock Bath's oldest hotels |
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Matlock Bath: Recent Photographs |
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Matlock Bath: View
from Starkholmes, 1908
A wonderful panoramic view of Matlock Bath and Masson hillside |
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Matlock Bath: Upper Tower,
Heights of Abraham *New*
Early twentieth century sepia postcard of the Upper Tower in
the grounds of the Heights of Abraham |
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Matlock Bath: Victoria Prospect
Tower, 1913 |
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Matlock Bath: Victoria
Tower, View from Masson, 1907
Lovely coloured view of the Tower and the hills in the distance |
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Matlock Bath: Woodbank,
later Cromford Court *New*
It was built by John Edward Lawton, a Cotton Manufacturer from
Manchester, who was in partnership with Frederic Charles Arkwright
at one stage |
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Via Gellia, Rider Point nr. Matlock
Bath, 1909
Beautiful coloured postcard dating from 1909 |
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In Via Gellia, near Matlock Bath,
1906 *New*
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Via Gellia, Tufa Cottage,
near Matlock Bath
A coloured postcard sent to my great aunt in 1905 |
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