| Matlock - looking towards Hackney, early 20th Century |
| Matlock, Twentieth Century Photographs, Postcards, Engravings & Etchings |
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This photograph was taken from almost the same vantage point as Matlock
Bridge & Bank, 1904 before green fields were covered by houses.
It was published as part of Valentine's Series of "Famous
Throughout the World" cards (No.58816). The picture must
have been taken in the first decade of the 20th century as it is similar
to others from that era. It is difficult to be accurate as the card
is blank, so without a helpful postmark. The photograph is looking
towards Hackney and shows Allen Hill, The Dimple, Imperial Road (bisected
by the red chimney) with a short stretch of Edge Road - shown as a
cul de sac at that time - from the point it joins Wolley Road / Imperial
Road to it disappearing into a tree. It also includes a few buildings
on Bakewell Road and Snitterton Road.
Below the line of houses on the top of the hill, which are on Cavendish
Road just above Jackson Tor, is Jackson House. In both 1908 and 1916
Leonard Bramwell was running Jackson House as a hydropathic establishment.
See Kelly's Directory, 1908
See Kelly's Directory, 1916
All Saints' Church is easily distinguished by the large grey roof.
Part of Wolley Road is just above the red chimney and looks like an
angular letter J, with the houses of Malpas Road off it to the left.
Beyond that are the buildings around the Crabtree Inn and Hackney
just goes off on the far left.
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Postcard in the collection of, provided by and © Ann
Andrews Intended for personal use only
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