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Matlock Dale is part of Matlock Bath and the Matlock boundary crosses the A6 at the bottom of St. John's Road.
All the page titles here begin with either Matlock Bath or Matlock Dale.

Entering the Dale from Matlock
Matlock Dale: Entering the Dale
Almost the first few the early travellers would have had of High Tor. Early twentieth century postcard
Matlock Bath: The Dale, 1907
Boys playing with a hoop in a snowy Matlock Dale

Artists' Corner
Matlock Dale: Artists' Corner from Pic Tor
In 1890 Mr Peters of Guilderoy secured the land at Artists' Corner and prevented development and prevented development along the banks of the Derwent.
Matlock Dale: Artists' Corner
The houses in the shadow of High Tor, early twentieth century
Matlock Dale: Artists' Corner from High Tor, 1920s
Looking down into the Dale from the top of High Tor
Matlock Dale: General View of Artists' Corner from High Tor, 1950s

[General Views] From High Tor

Matlock Dale: Looking towards Matlock from High Tor, 1920s
Two 1920s images and three modern photos of the Matlock and Matlock Bath boundary where there are some blocked up entrances
Matlock Dale: High Tor and Abram's Heights, 1925
Taken near the High Tor Tunnel

The Dale, Long Tor, the Cavern and Bottling Plant (pop works)
Matlock Bath: Photograph of Dale Road From High Tor
Early twentieth century photograph, showing Brunswood Terrace and Derwent House
Matlock Bath: Mrs. Whittaker's Long Tor Cavern, Dale Road
Mrs. Mary Whittaker first opened the Long Tor Cavern to the public in 1892. It almost didn't get off the ground as a business

Matlock Bath: Whittaker's Bottling Plant, Dale Road
From the top of High Tor, looking down at the bottling plant in the Dale. The series of buildings where the Whittaker family carried out their soft drinks business.
Whittaker's Tordale Bottling Plant, Dale Road, Matlock Bath - Bottles & Siphons *New*
A rare blue soda siphon with the Whittaker name on it and several Codd bottles used by Mrs. Whittaker.
Whittaker's Tordale Bottling Plant, Dale Road, Matlock Bath - Labels
Bottle labels for Whittaker's and Tordale brands
Matlock Dale from Long Tor
Taken in the 1890s and showing the properties on both sides of the river Derwent below High Tor.

Individual properties

Matlock Dale: Heath Bank, around 1900 *New image & more info*
Heath Bank is one of a pair of mid-Victorian detached red brick villas which face High Tor.
Tor Hill House, Dale Road, Matlock Bath, 1915 *New image & more info*
Built by Thomas Robinson in 1830 and later the home of barytes manufacturer F. W. Stevens, who developed a small quarry on its land. Eventually bought by Eliza Pearson, who changed its name, and remained with the Pearson family years. The quarry was only used for a short time, but in 1966 a landslip and rock fall caused irreparable damage to houses built in it.

High Tor, with additional Artists' Corner images
Matlock Bath: High Tor
Beautiful photograph and a quote from Rhodes. The page is new, but the photograph and some of the text was originally in a different section of this web site.


Matlock Dale: Views of High Tor, by Local Photographers. *New*
Three pictures taken by locals (Latham, Potter and Henshall), with a 1783 description of High Tor by Bray.
Latham's CDV was almost certainly the first image of High Tor to be taken by a local man.
Matlock Bath: High Tor & Artists' Corner (1)
Matlock Bath: High Tor & Artists' Corner (2)
Matlock Dale: High Tor & Artists' Corner (3)
The River Derwent has cut a deep and comparatively narrow gorge through the carboniferous limestone.

Matlock Dale: High Tor & Artists' Corner (4)
The sepia version is new
Matlock Dale: High Tor & Artists' Corner (5)
High Tor in 1909
Matlock Dale: High Tor & Artists' Corner (6)
The Dale had changed by the 1920s and a quarry had appeared

High Tor Paint/Colour Works

Matlock Bath: High Tor and the Colour Works *Re-written*
How and why a Colour Works became established below High Tor in Matlock Dale. Three images.


Matlock Bath: High Tor and the Footbridge Over the River Derwent *New*
Over the years there have been a number of bridges below High Tor in Matlock Dale.

High Tor, Paintings of
Matlock Bath: The High Tor, 1887
Painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley

High Tor Rock Face, Switzerland Views
Matlock Bath: High Tor, the Rock Face (1)
With a quote from Llewellynn Jewitt.
Now includes a brief description of the first succesful climb
Matlock Bath: High Tor, the Rock Face (2)
The Giddy Edge.
Now includes an 1861 advertisement about paths and walkways being created

Matlock Dale: High Tor, the Rock Face & the View Beyond *New*
The Cliff Path, some accidents on the Tor, and the quarries below. Three images.



Matlock Bath: High Tor, Switzerland View *Updated*
Four images, dating from 1892 to about 1913.
Shows the homes that were destroyed in 1966 by a major landslip.

High Tor Grounds & Suspension Bridge
Matlock Dale: High Tor Grounds Entrance, about 1903
Opening ceremony of the suspension bridge over the River Derwent that connected the High Tor Grounds with the main road
Matlock Dale: High Tor Guest House, From High Tor Bridge
Romantic view of the Guest House, beautifully framed by the ironwork of the suspension bridge

Matlock Dale: High Tor & the Suspension Bridge over the Derwent *New image*
About 1904, with a description from Abel Heywood's Guide. The second image show the same scene but a few years earlier.
Matlock Dale: High Tor Grounds, Fern Cave *New*
Matlock Dale: The High Tor Grounds, from Masson *New*
The grounds on the summit of High Tor were originally leased from the Arkwrights, and later from Matlock Town Council until the lease expired.

High Tor Hotel/Guest House/Tor Cottage
Matlock Dale: High Tor Guest House, 1945-50
Tor Cottage was built in Matlock Dale by Colonel Edward Payne in the early nineteenth century

Matlock Dale: High Tor Guest House, 1936-52
Two postcards, taken on the same day, and a 1930s advertisement for the Guest House
Matlock Dale: High Tor Guest House & Suspension Bridge
The guest house in the 1930s. The Admiral Collingwood myth debunked, the collapse of the retaining wall ...

Matlock Dale: High Tor and High Tor Hotel, 1950s
With a tale about pyrotechnics in the Dale in the 1830s, some badly behaved visitors in the 1950s and an advertisement from 1968.

St. John's Church


Matlock Dale: St. John's Church, Cliff Road (1) *New image added*
A postcard, a photograph and a pen and ink drawing of the privately owned St. John's Church, Cliff Road, Matlock Bath.
It was paid for by Mrs. Louisa Sophia Harris and designed by Sir Guy Dawber.

Matlock Dale: St. John's Church, Cliff Road (2) *New*
Two striking views of St. John's Church, posted in 1905. List of chaplains in charge.


Matlock Dale: St. John's Church, Cliff Road (3)
The church peeps out from amongst the trees on the hillside above the row of cottages and houses in Matlock Dale on these three
postcards. All three images show the houses in Common Wood.
Two pages were merged together in 2019 *Updated*
Matlock Dale: St. John's the Baptist Church, Interior
The best craftsmen were employed to carry out the work.

Weir and High Tor Tunnel



Matlock Dale: The Weir and the High Tor Tunnel *New image*
The weir was built and goit were built for the colour works and the tunnel was blasted through in the mid to late 1840s.