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MATLOCK, Derbyshire
"MATLOCK is a village and parish, in the hundred of
Wirksworth; 144 miles from London, 42 S.S.E. from
Manchester, 34 N.W. from Nottingham, 18 N.W. by N. from
Derby, 14 N.N.E. from Ashbourn, and rather more than 3 N.
from Wirksworth. The village is most delightfully situate,
partly in a valley, and partly on the side of a hill, on the
eastern banks of the river Derwent, and at a short distance
from the main road. It is chiefly built of stone, and at
its entrance is a neat stone bridge; at some distance from
which, on the verge of a most romantic rock, and upon a
precipice almost perpendicular, stands the church, dedicated
to St. Giles, shrouded amidst trees whose luxuriant foliage
spreads over the face of the grey rock."
[There is further information for Matlock]
[Description from
Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
- Beresford, Charles - The Bath At War. Ashridge Press/Country Books, 2007.
ISBN 978-1-901214-91-8.
- Naylor, Peter - A History of the Matlocks. Landmark, 2003.
ISBN not available.
- Images of England: Matlock and Matlock Bath.
Tempus Publishing Limited, 2002. ISBN 0 7524 2455 6.
- Bower, Alan - "The Water Cure".
Derbyshire Heritage Series, 1985.
Published by J H Hall & Sons Ltd, Siddals Road, Derby.
A small, but very useful booklet containing a collection of postcards, focussing
on hydropathic treatment at Hydros predominantly in Buxton and
Matlock, but also has illustrations of the Hydros at Darley Dale
(now St Elphin's School), Ashover, Baslow and Chesterfield.
There is a brief introduction, describing the growth of the 'Water Cure' from
Roman times through the Middle Ages and into the 1780's when "social
life of a spa at this time was more important than the cure"
through to the heady days of John Smedley, and his followers to its eventual
demise with the advent of the National Health Service in 1948.
Quoting from its back cover:
"This book is primarily a picture book about the Water Cure in Derbyshire.
The picture postcard holds a wealth of information about our recent past and
is an invaluable aid to any Historian. The postcards used to illustrate the
Cure and Hydros date from 1904 to 1920 and aim to show what the life
and treatment at a Hydro was like."
-
Matlock and Matlock Bath: Brief Lives -
short biographies of people who have had associations with Matlock and Matlock Bath,
collected by Ann Andrew. Includes Florence NIGHTINGALE, the 'Lady with
the Lamp', and Job SMITH, "most remembered ... for his contribution to 'the steepest
tramway in the world' having worked diligently to bring a tramway to the town after seeing
the San Francisco system."
- Ann Andrews has provided a Surnames Index of
Matlock and Matlock Bath Memorial Inscriptions,
to include linkage to pages containing complete inscriptions in both Matlock
and Matlock Bath Church and Churchyard. Details of other available
inscriptions are available from the sources detailed on Ann's pages.
- Ann Andrews has provided full transcriptions of the
Matlock, Matlock Bath & District Census Returns, 1841-1901
on her site for Matlock and Matlock Bath,
with transcription assistance from Joseph Platt, and Matlock Local History Group.
This was a mammoth project, so well done Ann, and everyone concerned!
- John Palmer has an ongoing project for an on-line index for the 1881 Census
of Matlock and surrounds on his
Wirksworth site.
- Descriptions of
Matlock, and
Matlock Bath have been transcribed by Heather Faulkes
from Pigot's Directory of 1828/9.
- A Description of Matlock and
Directory for
Matlock and Matlock Bath, with the village of Bonsall and neighbourhoods
transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835
by Rosemary Lockie.
- Ann Andrews has transcribed most other Directories for Matlock, specifically
Pigot's 1831, Bagshaw's 1846; Kelly's Post Office Directories, 1848 and 1855; White's 1857,
Kelly's Post Office Directory 1876, Kelly's 1891, 1908 and Kelly's 1916 - see the
Matlock, Matlock Bath & District Directories for a complete list. Of particular interest is
Kelly's Directory (1864) for Matlock and Matlock Bath - this Directory also
covers the counties of Cambridgeshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and
"Rutlandshire".
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The Complete Web site on Matlock and Matlock Bath - a superb site, created by
Ann Andrews. This site contains much useful information, including History,
Hydropathy (for which Matlock became famous!), Maps and Miscellaneous information,
coupled with a significant amount of primary source material including but not limited to :-
- Matlock 1841-1871 Census
- Matlock Directories
- Matlock Marriages, 1637-1837 (Phillimore, Vol. VII. 1910)
- Inscriptions from Matlock, and Matlock Bath War Memorials (1914-19)
- A list of Rectors of St Giles, the parish church.
See Ann's
Quick List for direct access to the above, and
What's New for the latest additions to the site.
-
The Wolley Manuscripts (for Matlock and District).
Abstracts from this superb collection of pre 1828 Documents have been
transcribed by Ann Andrews from the unpublished catalogue at Matlock Local Studies
Library compiled by Miriam Wood, with the very kind permission of
"Derbyshire Libraries and Heritage Department". Many
places, people and relationships are mentioned - an absolute
"MUST" to visit! Full details, and explanation,
are available on Ann's site.
-
Cotton Manufacture, Willersley and Sir Richard Arkwright - one of the extracts
from The Beauties of England and Wales, by John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley,
Vol III, 1802, transcribed by Sonia Addis-Smith, and available on Ann Andrews' pages.
Features a very attractive engraving of Willersley Castle.
- Ann Andrews' page on
Matlock and Matlock Bath - Schools in earlier times
provides details of the foundation of pre-20th century schools in
Matlock, including the free school founded in 1647 by a gift from Mr
George Spateman of Tansley. This page also contains useful information
about the English Education System more generally.
- The Ernest Bailey Grammar School in Matlock was established in 1924. In
the few years prior to that, pupils from the Matlock area were known to
have attended the
Lady Manners School, in
Bakewell, following its reopening in 1896. The first Headmaster of
Ernest Bailey's, E. H. CHAPMAN, had been a pupil himself at Lady
Manners'.
- The local Town, or Village Brass (or Silver) Band is as much of an institution in
Derbyshire as the Well Dressings! See
Matlock Band Online for a taste of today's activities in Matlock.
- Information and an illustration of a
Funeral Garland in Matlock Church, provided by Ann Andrews
with a quotation from a Bemrose Guide, c1869.
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