The Andrews Pages Images Index> Matlock Bath, 20th and 21stC Images> This page Matlock Bath, General View from The Heights of Abraham Matlock Bath, Twentieth Century Images   20th & 21st C Images Next Image Previous Image Similar/related views Cat Tor, 1913 The Royal Hotel The Royal Pavilion (The Kursaal), 1915 Upper Tower, Heights of Abraham Victoria Prospect Tower Victoria Tower, View from Masson More Matlock Bath Pictures 18th & 19thC "Just" Images Matlock Bath General Info About Matlock Bath Find a Name The views from the Heights of Abraham are superb. This picture was probably produced about 1914. It looks down into Matlock Bath - towards South Parade, the Royal Hotel and the newly built Kursaal (shortly to be re-named as The Royal Pavilion). Almost in the centre of the picture, on the Heights of Jacob, is the Palais Royal or Old Pavilion. The distant hill is Black Rocks, above Cromford. The limestone escarpment of Cat Tor is centre left and the River Derwent is in the valley below the Tor with the Switchback Railway in the grounds of the Derwent Gardens just about visible. Temple Walk and Orchard Road can also be seen. William Adam had described this view some 75 years before this card was printed. "Here all is concentrated into one magnificent whole. The curved rocky barrier, river, Bath, and numberless objects are placed beneath the feet of the spectator"1. One of the "Celesque" Series, published by the Photochrome Co. Ltd, London and Tunbridge Wells (B.33161). Postcard in the collection of, provided by and © Ann Andrews Intended for personal use only References: 1 Adam, William (1840) "The Gem of the Peak", London; Longman & Co., Paternoster Row, MDCCCXL, p.56 © 1996 - Ann Andrews (click link to contact). All Rights Reserved. Last Update: 27 March, 2008 About and Conditions of Use | Site Map, Matlock | Part of The Andrews Pages - www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com