References (coloured
links are to transcripts or more information elsewhere on
this web site):
[1] See Matlock
Bath Business Letterheads, which includes both a 1934
letterhead from Joseph Simpson's time and a description
of the village and the hotel. Joseph Simpson also advertised
as the hotel's proprietor in Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire,
1932.
[2] Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire,
1941. He was the hotel manager in September 1939.
[3] "Derbyshire Times",
21 May 1898. Transfer of Licenses.
[4] The Hoylands were shown at the
Hotel in the
1901 census and Kelly's Directories of 1899 | 1908 | 1916.
Mrs. Hoyland and the couple's son later lived at Woodland
House on Derby Road.
[5] Mrs Barker advertised in Kelly's
Directory of Derbyshire, 1922.
[6] "Derby Daily Telegraph",
19 July 1923. Mr Stokes is listed in Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire,
1925 and 1928.
[7] See Miscellany.
[8] Whilst P.s. Ridd appears in Kelly's
1925 Directory he had been promoted the previous year ("Derbyshire
Times", 29 November 1924).
[9] "Derby Daily Telegraph",
26 September 1929.
[10] "Derby Daily Telegraph",
11 March 1931. Hotel licenses at Matlock Bath. The
Devonshire Hotel became the Devonshire Cafe after this.
[11] The trust referred to the Will
of Edward Wheatcroft of Matlock Bath, who died at Matlock Bath
on 2 Aug 1881. Probate granted at Derby 6 Sept 1881.
[12] "Derbyshire Times",
9 January 1932.
[13] Doreen Buxton and the web mistress
have compared notes on this and we are both in agreement.
[14] "Nottingham Evening Post",
12 March 1932. County and Station Hotel, Matlock Bath. Purchased
by JOE SIMPSON, Jr. (late Chapel St. Leonards.)
[15] "Derbyshire Times", 17 April 1936.
[16] "Derbyshire Times", 14 July 1939.
[17] "Derbyshire Times", 4
December 1936.
[18] "Derby Daily Telegraph", 20 July
1939. Mr. Robinson at the County and Station in September
1939 (1939 Register) was still there in 1941 (Kelly's Directory
for that year).
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