| Matlock & Matlock Bath : What's New, 2025 |
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PLEASE NOTE:
Copyright notices on new images are now placed higher up the onsite images. This is because of various instances
of improper use.
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| Nov 2025 |
New Pages:
There are no new pages at present. |
Additions/Changes to:
1. Via Gellia, Derbyshire. A sixth postcard has been added
amd there have been major additions to the text.. |
| Oct 2025 |
New Pages:
1. Matlock Bath : Holy Trinity Church Baptisms,
1842-60. 353 names. |
Additions/Changes to:
1. Quaker (Society of Friends) Marriages. An entry
from a Marriage book is now included. |
| Oct 2025 |
New Pages:
There are no new pages at present although a number of pages have been updated. |
Additions/Changes to:
1. The "officials" section of Kelly's 1891 Directory for the Matlocks has moved to the
Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire section of the website. It
has been incorporated into the Matlock page that is now in that section. None of the other Kelly's
1891 Directory pages are affected by this move and all links to the new location have been updated.
2. Matlock Bath Holy Trinity Burials Additional burials 1871-1880,
137 names.
3. Matlock: Crowder Johnson's Handmade Hosiery Works
has been updated. |
| July 2025 |
New Pages:
There are no new pages at present. |
Additions to:
1. Matlock: Hall Lees Park, Boating on the Derwent, 1930s has had some
additions to the text.
2. Willersley Castle, the Lodge & Gardens of the Arkwrights. Now includes an
image of Scarthin Tors, taken from the castle's grounds.
3. Matlock Bath: Sanger's Circus, 1900. Page re-written and a photo of
an elephant bathing in the River Derwent, given to me in early 2020 by a Mr. Kirk, has been added.
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| June 2025 |
New Pages:
None this month. |
Additions to:
1. Matlock Bath: North Parade, early twentieth century (2). Second postcard, from
1914, added. With a little more about the Daltons of the Central Restaurant.
2. Matlock Bath: North Parade, 1930s. Another postcard has been added
and the original image enlarged. Mr. and Mrs. Latimer were now running the Central Restaurant and the Crowders were now at Evans'
Parade Restaurant.
3. Canon Kewley & His Sisters The Rector of Matlock and three of his sisters, two of
whom had been involved in education, lived him. The biographical notes have had a major update. |
| May 2025 |
New Pages:
Matlock: Wherrett's Bakery, Church Street. George Wherrett and his family ran
the Church Street bakery for over 80 years. There was a bakery on the premises for at least a hundred and twenty years. 3 images.
With very grateful thanks to Grenville Smith for all his help. |
Additions to:
There have been additions of both images and information to a number of the pages about Riber.
1. Matlock: Riber Castle. Three more postcards and some of the text ahas been rewritten.
2. Riber Castle & High Tor, Views from Masson. One of the views has been enlarged.
A fourth image added from a small collection donated by Peak Rail.
3. Riber Hill and Castle, Matlock. With information about Fairfax Moresby, a weathy landowner
who lived at Riber in the 17th century.
4. Pathways to Riber Castle, passing Riber House Farm, Matlock. Two additional images
and more about former residents of Riber House Farm.
5. Starkholmes and Riber from a Path to High Tor. A better enlargement of Ward's End
and the field used by Starkholmes Allotments holders for almost 100 years. There had been a lead mine shaft on the site ...
6. Pic Tor & Riber Castle, 1928. Additional image taken from the lower slopes
of Masson and including St. Giles' Church, the Memorial and Riber Castle.
7. The entries for Thomas Wherrett on the Matlock war memorial and
Starkholmes war memorial have been added to.
8. Matlock Bath: Youth Football Club, 1906-7. Now includes the names of
the young men and boys who put forward their names to join the team when it was founded. |
| Apr 2025 |
New Pages:
1. Matlock Men Serving King and Country, 1916. A lengthy list of
names recorded in the parish magazine of those who were who were serving, or had served, between the outbreak of war and January 1916. |
Additions to:
1. Matlock Bath Men Serving King and Country, 1914. A second, more comprehensive,
list published two months later has been added.
2. Matlock: Derby & Derbyshire Convalescent Home (NALGO House).
A fourth image added from a small collection donated by Peak Rail.
3. The Wishing Stone. 1906 image from the Maureen Smith collection added.
4. St. Giles' Church Interior, 1850-1969. The nave and chancel, 1955. Image
also from from the Maureen Smith collection. |
| Mar 2025 |
New Pages:
1. Matlock Bath Church in the Nineteenth Century
From the laying of the foundation stone to the 1873/4 extension and some early memorials. Six photographs and engravings
of the early years of the church, including the tomb of George Withers Saxton.
2. A new page, Holy Trinity Church, Matlock Bath, 1940s & 50s, has been created
as two pages (Holy Trinity Church, Matlock Bath, 1940s and Matlock Bath: Holy Trinity Church and the Heights of Abraham) have been merged. |
Additions to:
There have been a significant number of additions to pages in the Vernon Lamb Archive:
1 - 4. In the Cycles & Cars section the make of the vehicle has been identified and additional information added. See
- VLA4931, Smedley Street, Armstrong-Whitworth car |
- VLA4936, Smedley Street, Armstrong-Whitworth car |
- VLA4941, Smedley Street, Armstrong-Whitworth car |
- VLA4942, Smedley Street, Armstrong-Whitworth car |
5 - 7. In the same section, the vehicles under the Hand's umbrella are also now known. See
- VLA4938, Rutland Street, Hand's taxis |
- VLA4945, Rutland Street, Hand's Yard |
- VLA4952, Smedley Street, Hand's taxis |
8 - 9. The manufacturer of a car owned by William Furniss, also in this section, is now included. See
- VLA4939, Furniss car with passengers (a wedding group) |
- VLA4963, Furniss car with passengers (a wedding group) |
10 - 11. In the Weddings & Christenings section, the make of the vehicle has been identified. See
- VLA5155, Wedding (Model T Ford) |
- VLA5159, Wedding (Model T Ford) |
With very grateful thanks for his help to Ariejan Bos, who is an acknowledged identification specialist for cars before
the Great War. He has also advised about two other vehicles.
12. Matlock Bath: Upper Tower, Heights of Abraham. A third card of the Tower House,
sent in 1956 by someone who lived there.
13. Matlock Bath: Holy Trinity Church, 1907. A third image has been added
and there are additions to the text.
14. Holy Trinity Church, Matlock Bath - Interior. More information added.
15. Matlock Bath: Youth Hostel, 1960 - the First Vicarage has been renamed.
It is now Brunswood Road, Matlock Bath - the First Vicarage and more has beeen added,
with images of the property in the nineteenth century.
16. Brunswood Terrace, Dale Road, Matlock Bath. The main imge has been enlarged
and improved, whilst the accompanying text has been largely re-written. |
| Feb 2025 |
Additions to:
More information has come to light about the following items that will, hopefully, change perceptions of:
1. The Great Matlock Will Case - Court Report is the official account
of the eight day trial in 1864 to finally settle the question as to whether three codicils found after the
death of George Nuttall, Esq., land surveyor of Matlock, Derbyshire, were genuine or forgeries. See, below the
court case to: So what happened afterwards?
2. "The Great Matlock Will Case" - 100th anniversary newspaper
article by Roy Christian, published in "The Derbyshire Advertiser" about 1958.
3. Pedigree of Mr. Geo. Nuttall of Matlock - minor changes. |
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