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| Matlock Bath, Twentieth Century Photographs, Postcards, Engravings & Etchings | ||||||||||||
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Ebenezer Rhodes, on his first visit to the Via Gellia about 175 years ago, wasn't very impressed. However, he clearly changed his mind as he described his second visit in "Peak Scenery"[1] as follows: 'In whatever direction we looked, the country was beautiful. The road we had passed was marked by a continued range of eminences, the outlines of which played into, and were blended with each other, in pleasing and almost endless variety'[1]. He went on to say that the 'high sloping acclivities, chiefly covered with hazels, and sparingly sprinkled with dwarf oak and ash, mark each side of the road'[1]. He also mentioned that the Via Gellia was so named because of Philip Gell who owned Hopton Hall. This postcard is of Rider Point and was posted in 1909. Many postcards of the period had a side strip as this card has, designed for writing a message on. The other side was for the address only. |
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Image kindly donated by Photo-Ark © 2003 |
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References: [1] Rhodes, Ebenezer (1824) "Peak Scenery" pub. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row (p.312) There is more on site information about Bonsall on this website:  The
Andrews Pages : Picture Gallery has several photographs and old
cards
Kelly's Directory, 1891 - transcript of Bonsall entry |
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