This panorama shows the houses of Masson Road, Brunswood Road and Holme Road,
so the properties on the hillside above North Parade. The very top road is
Masson Road.
The houses with the large X's pencilled on the roof tops are part of Rockvale
Terrace. In 1922 and 1925 Mrs Annie Bond was listed as having an apartment
house at No. 5 and in 1925 Mrs. Mary Anne Smedley was at No.3[1].
Neither advertised in later years. Several Rockvale Terrace houses have been
the homes of various members of the Smith family over the years, too. It is
believed that in their cellars, beneath the concrete, evidence of Matlock Bath's
nineteenth century Skating Rink can be found[2].
Behind Rockvale Terrace, and partly obscured by it is a terrace of eight houses
- Rockvale Villas - on Holme Road. The Barnes family owned both rows at one
stage. Next to them, and ascending the hill, is Clarence Terrace, a row of
five taller houses on the left of the photograph. The backs of the houses
face the camera.
Although the card was not posted, "Mrs J. H. Richards, 3 Rockvale Terrace"
was written on the back[3]. |