What's New, Matlock 2004
What's New Index
Dec 2004 New Pages:
-Three new sections to Matlock & Matlock Bath Guides. All surnames are linked from Find a Name
- 1. "The Matlock Tourist; and Guide through the Peak, embracing Matlock Bath, Haddon, Chatsworth and C", Henricus (1843), The Museums Extract from the Henricus guide, with description and image of the famous Blue John Vase executed by Mr. Vallance. Many thanks to Jane Steer and Derby LSL.
- 2. "Days in Derbyshire", by T S Hall (1863) Illustrated guide by Dr Timothy Spencer Hall. The author nearly bought a house on the Bank, which was subsequently purchased by John Smedley. 9 pages plus index. A big thank you to Ray Ash.
- 3. "Holmes Hand Book to Matlock Bath & Neighbourhood, including Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, Dovedale" (1866) Matlock Bath, The History, The Water, Museums, Caverns, Museums, Churches, Willersley. Grateful thanks to Jane Steer and Derby LSL
Additions to:
- Strays: GREATOREX and WARD
- Flooding : Short quote from the Derby Mercury re 1866
- Rockside, the Former Matlock Hydro: Photos of the building when it had reached a sorry state. Now includes pictures of the repair and rebuilding work prior to conversion. Ten new pictures of how it looked in September and November in the section "A Change of Fortune"
- Nineteenth Century Lists: Before the Board at Bakewell, 1838 - 1841: 1841 HAYNES KNOWLES TEASDALE WILMOT
Nov 2004 New Pages:
- Matlock: Lynholmes/Hurst Farm - on the first days of the Hurst Farm Estate development
- Matlock Bath: North Parade, about 1960 - Gale's Gift Shop and a recent shop of the Parade
- Rockside Hall of Residence - Young students at the Teacher Training College
Additions to:
- Miscellany Matlock's arms, taken from a small enamelled brass badge
- Strays: 13 Surnames from Phillimore's Marriage Indexes for Duffield BARTON BRADLEY GREGORY JOHNSON MULLINS PIDCOCK STEANDALL TAYLOR TURNER WALKER WOOD and one illegible, but the abode is Matlock
- Wills: See SKIDMORE - who / what is mentioned. Plus RADFIRTH - named in non Matlock wills
Oct 2004 New Page:
- Matlock & District extracts from Francis White's General Commercial Directory and Topography of the Borough of Sheffield with all the Towns, Parishes, Villages and Hamlets Within a Circuit of Twenty Miles (1862). Includes Scarthing Row from the Cromford section as they are within Matlock Parish
Additions to:
- Biographies: see RAWLINSON
- Strays: A final push to complete all the non Derbyshire Strays from the 1881 census, adding 1083 names to the lists. Plus RAYNER in 1901
- Schools in earlier times Added BUNTING and CUMMING names under Matlock Town, plus staff at All Saints' ca. 1960 and additional info about Starkholmes School
Sep 2004 New Page:
- Wills, Matlock Names in non Matlock Wills - post 1858. This is a new addition to the Wills section
Additions to:
- Strays: BUCKLEY, DRABBLE, FARNERY, OWEN, WIGLEY, WOOD, WOODING
- Nineteenth Century Lists: Before the Board at Bakewell, 1838 - 1841 1840 4 more names
- Nineteenth Century Lists County Councillors for 1899 and 1912
- Wills: See HAWLEY - who / what is mentioned
Aug 2004 New Section and Pages:
- Magazines and Journals - Articles
I have been very fortunate to have been given permission by "Reflections" Magazine, to publish on the website a series of thought provoking illustrated articles written by Michael Fay; there's also one by Lawton Slaney. I've created a new section, separate from the Newspaper Cuttings on the site.
The link above is to the index, and you can navigate from there to both the new articles and those published earlier, such as the Roy Christian articles.
The articles this month are:
- "One Man's Photographic Memory", by Michael Fay.
- Matlock Lido "Liquidating a Former Tourist Asset", by Michael Fay.
- The Enduring Folly of Riber Castle by Michael Fay.
- Riber Castle School "A Lesson in Matlock's History" by Michael Fay.
- Rockside Hydro - "Watered-Down Future for a glorious icon of the age of the hydro" by Michael Fay.
- Joseph Whitworth - "Lives Which Hung by a Thread" by Lawton Slaney
Additions to:
- Strays: ADIN, BOWN/BROWN, 3 refs to FRITH, 5 to UNWIN, VERNON
- Nineteenth Century Lists Magistrates for the County now includes 1899. Moved to Keeping Law and Order, see Jan 2008
- Wills, Pre 1858: See BOWN, BURGON, NEWTON. Links to transcripts on GENUKI
July 2004 Additions to:
- Nineteenth Century Lists: Matlock Railway Station in July - August 1851, list of goods delivered (moved to its own page in Jan 2008)
- Strays: 6 Martha's in 1901 who were about 63
- Wills: See GREAVES, LEACROFT - who / what is mentioned
June 2004 New Pages:
- Phoebe Bown One of Matlock's more unusual characters, Phoebe stood out from the crowd. She could play the flute, the violoncello, and harpsichord and was largely self educated. She broke horses, rode and farmed. Article from "The Reliquary", published only a few years after her death.
- Photographers Matlock and Matlock Bath's early photographers and some of their pictures. Includes more photos from Denis Potter's collection
Additions to:
- 1901 Census Now has complete transcripts of Scarthin Nick, Matlock Bath, Matlock Dale and Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, which are surname indexed. Two other enumeration districts are part extracts, but not surname indexed. Matlock Green is partly extracted. Thanks to the generosity of Annette Barber for pp.9-10 of ED 9, which includes part of Industrial Road & Wellington Street, Matlock.
- Wills: See PICKERING - who / what is mentioned
- Water Cures Extract from White's 1857 Directory added (See The Hydros and Hydropathy, Matlock's Expansion), plus alterations in presentation and additional text to make some points clearer
Links added:
- High Lees Farm now has a website which discusses the farm's history. It is linked through Biographies (see Uttley) | Riber School | Matlock & Matlock Bath References page
May 2004 Additions to:
- Nineteenth Century Lists Magistrates for the County now includes 1855. Moved to Keeping Law and Order, see Jan 2008
- Nineteenth Century Lists: Before the Board at Bakewell, 1838 - 1841 on 8 Feb 1841 COOPER DIXON GREGORY LUDLAM KNOWLES MARCHANT PEARSON REEVES SMITH WARD
- Strays: RAWLINSON
Apr 2004 New Pages:
- Brunswood Terrace, Matlock Bath photographed around 1910, this photograph was taken to Canada by a local man who emigrated there
- Church Group Can you help us identify when and where this was taken?
- Harold Joseph Cook One of the young men of Matlock who died in the Great War
- Unnamed Lady Do you know who she was?
Changes in layout (in time for Easter):
Matlock St. Giles Marriages, Brides & Grooms has been redesigned for easier use
Additions to:
- Arkwright's Cotton Mill - a photogrpah of the house the manager built overlooking the mill
- Churches & Chapels - photograph of Matlock Methodist and United Reformed Church, plus two of St. Joseph's can now be viewed
Images - the story of Rockside continues and several new photographs, showing the beginning of the restoration, have now been added
- MIs - Miscellaneous Memorials and Inscriptions Two images of the memorial on the Hall Leys
- Strays: WRAGG and BURROWS plus additional info for 2 CUMMING
- Names on Matlock's War Memorial now has a close up photograph of a few of the names
Links added:
- Images to Julie Woodhouse's site of commercially available photographs
- Lead Mining - link to a website about Roman Britain
- References (see Tourism)
Link to Life in a Lens, a Victorian setting for a museum about the history of photography
Link to to Derbyshire - The Peak District, maintained by Derbyshire County Council's Tourism Department
- War Memorial links to the new page about the Darley Dale's memorial, which is elsewhere on the Andrews Pages
Mar 2004 A very large number of additions worked on in February and March, put on the Internet during March
Additions to:
- 1901 Census for Matlock Bath. Thanks to the generosity of Peter Aspey and Chris Dewey I've been able to add another 162 names from the Clarence Terrace (Peter) and the Upper Wood area (Chris) of Matlock Bath. Enumeration District 14 f.85 p.35 and ff.88-91 inclusive
- Matlock's Memorial Inscriptions - Miscellaneous ( see Hall Leys)
- Miscellany: there was a Golf Club in Matlock Bath before Matlock's course opened.
- Nineteenth Century Lists: Before the Board at Bakewell, 1838 - 1841 a few additions from 1840
- Strays: 215 new surnames, including BRYAN and Surnames V from 1901. Also Alice, Henry and Rebecca aged about 60 in 1901.
Various for CUMMING, thanks to David Bates.
All 1881 census Surnames A and M extracted with a few others associated with A and M surname families. Plus a Bonsall burial (EVANS), one at Brackenfield (WRAGG), at Wensley (HARGREAVES) and a couple at Cromford (TISSINGTON and WILLN). Plus a Crich marriage (ADAMS). Do visit as it is easy to search.
- Wills: See SHAW and STATHAM - who / what is mentioned and HAND, HOWE and WOOLLEY who were missing from the original list
Changes in layout:
Strays, Find a Name, Matlock's Memorial Inscriptions and the QuickList have all be changed to make them easier to search
New Section:
- Matlock & Matlock Bath Guides - nineteenth century tourist guides writers described, in the most glowing terms, the many splendours of Matlock and the surrounding countryside. By Matlock they really meant Matlock Bath. All transcripts of Guides now link to here, including Bemrose (1869)
- Matlock Advertisements in Tourist Guides is a new page in this section
New Transcripts in the Guides Section:
- "Picturesque Excursions from Derby to Matlock Bath and its vicinity; being a Descriptive Guide" (1818) by Henry Moore, with wonderful engravings. Transcript of the Matlock sections. Grateful thanks to Jane Steer.
- "The Panorama of Matlock and Its Environs With The Tour of the Peak" (1827) by H. Barker. Full transcript and frontispiece from the 3rd edition, 1828. Grateful thanks to Derby LSL and Jane Steer
Pages moved into the Guides Section:
- "The Beauties of England and Wales" Part 1
- "The Beauties of England and Wales" Part 2
- Matlock Bath in 1840 moved, more information added and name changed to "The Gem of the Peak"
- "The Forty Shires"
More New Pages:
- Matlock Bath's Glove Factory }
- Matlock Bath Pavilion & the Schools Mobile Library } both with thanks to Betty Atkinson
- Matlock Public Notices & Announcements from old newspapers, some reflecting considerable changes
- Matlock Advertisements in Various Directories Transcripts of advertisements in old trades directories
- Mrs. Mary Widdowson, who lived in Upper Wood, with thanks to Chris Dewey
Link Added:
-Images of Matlock & Matlock Bath to Brett Payne's Derbyshire Photographers Site
Feb 2004 February and March are combined
Jan 2004 Links added:
- References link added to Derby LSL website and Pictures of the Past
- Images link to Pictures of the Past
Links changed:
On Matlock and Miscellany pages to Matlock Band's website
Additions to
- Strays: Surname C and DAKIN, all 1901 plus 28 assorted burials and baptisms found by Mike Spencer in various parish lists. Thanks to Mike for his continued hard work on behalf of those with Derbyshire ancestors. Strays pages have changed, so an easier search by first letter of surname