References (coloured links are to transcripts and information elsewhere on this web site):

^[1] Reverend Rowton seems to have come out of retirement, moving to Matlock from Leamington Priors. In 1851 he was already 71 years old and a widower. He was born in Coventry and died in 1868 in Northampton.

^[2] White's 1857 Directory lists Rev Samuel Dial, Lumsdale. In 1861 he was living on Matlock Green. He had previously been at Hartshill in Warwickshire. By the 1871 census he was retired, but "preaching occasionally". He died in Chelsea, London in 1886 and his wife Rebecca (nee Brogden) died in 1898.

^[3] Rev. Starmer was living on Matlock Bank in the the 1871 census. In 1881 he was living in Alfreton with his family and was the Independent Minister of Wycliffe Chapel.

^[4] Edwin Clarke, a Yorkshireman, is recorded as the Minister in Kelly's 1876 Directory. He had moved from Castleford and in 1881 he and his family were living on Cavendish Street. By 1891 the family were in Darley and they were still there 10 years later.

^[5] Rev. Clarkson was living on Matlock Bank at the time of the 1881 census

^[6] Rev. Valentine Ward, a Scot, had moved to Matlock from Kent. In the 1860s he became the first minister of the newly-built Broad Oak chapel during his work at the chapel's parent church, the Countess of Huntingdon Church in Canterbury (this information was kindly sent by Robert Collins some years ago). He also seems to have worked in Hythe. Rev. Ward is listed in Kelly's 1891 Directory. He and his third wife are also listed in the 1891 census. He married Emma Martin at the Congregational Chapel in 1884. He had previously married Mary E Bullock at Newcastle on 3 Dec 1849 and, after her death, was married in 1870 to Sarah Prentice in Kent. He died at the Manse, aged 76, on 6 Nov 1894 and was buried at St. Giles'. In recognition of the 11 years of his pastorate a committee was appointed to remember him by erecting a Gothic memorial tablet and building a vestry to the church, which was one of the projects which he had in hand at the time of his death.

^[7] Rev. Wayman is listed as the minister in Kelly's 1899 Directory. "The Liverpool Mercury ", Saturday, December 9, 1899 reported that he had died at Blackpool on the previous day. He had been a minister there in the 1870s and 1880s before transferring first to London and then to Matlock. The Derbyshire Congregational Union later recorded the high esteem in which he had been held, reported in "The Derby Mercury" of Wednesday, April 11, 1900.

^[8] "The Derby Mercury", Wednesday, October 31, 1900 reported his appointment, saying he would begin his duties in the New Year. So the date of 1900 has been amended to 1901. According to the newspaper, Rev. Foster was a young man and had trained at Hackney College, London before going to his first post at Exmouth. Matlock was to be his second pastorate. Also see the 1901 census and Kelly's Directory 1908, Matlock and amongst the "Officials" in 1908 (see Places of Worship)

^[9] Kelly's 1916 Directory gives Rev. Thomas Lister as Minister. He is also listed amongst the town's "Officials" in 1916 (see Places of Worship).

^[10] Kelly's 1925 Directory provides his full name - Rev. George Herbert Russell. He was born in Hammersmith in 1880 and pre-war lived in Ashford in Kent. He was present at the unveiling of Matlock's War Memorial