| Dec 2007 |
New pages:-
1901 Census
ED 08 now transcribed in full and surname indexed (1737
more names). As ED 08 is large, it split in two:
ED 08a covers
Matlock Bridge, Bank Road (part of), Matlock Bank (part of),
Smedley Street (part of). Includes the Crown Hotel, Crown Square
and the Town Hall
ED 08b covers
Matlock Bank (part of), Allen Hill, Bank Road (part of), The
Dimple, Wellington Street, Cavendish Street. Includes Oldham
House Hydro and Rockside
This completes the transcription of the 1901 census for this
website |
New pages:
- Images:
1. Matlock's
Market Hall, Dale Road This building on Dale Road is quite
significant in Matlock's history and its opening was a grand
occasion. It was built as a market hall and opened in 1868
2. Matlock:
Lilybank Hydro (Dalefield) Dalefield was opened as a hydropathic
establishment by George Bernard Barton. It changed its name
to Lilybank. With information about the Barton family
3. Matlock,
Lilybank Hydro - Menus, 1958 - 60. Three images, very kindly
provided by Colin Goodwyn
4. Matlock:
Showing the Church and Memorial Gardens Riber Hillside,
photographed from the Hall Leys. Shows Matlock Parish Church,
the churchyard and the War Memorial |
Corrections:
- 1891 Census ED
13 f11 p16 s93 No. 8 Rockside Terrace, BIRCH Archie to BIRCH
Archer (father and son) |
Link added:
- Census Two external
links to information about the 1911 census |
| Nov 2007 |
Books
and Other Publications
How and Where to buy the latest book about Matlock Bath, published
this month
"The Bath at War" Charles Beresford (Scroll to Item
5 under New and Recent Publications)
Thoroughly researched book from archived material and various
family collections. |
Additions to:
- Names on
Matlock's War Memorial : Surnames A - J Steve Hetherington
has very kindly told me about what his family know about the
death of his grandmother's cousin, Wilfred HALLAM |
| Oct 2007 |
New pages:
- Images:
1. 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 website.
2. Matlock
Bath, Illuminations & Venetian Fête in the 1950's Describes the seven year involvement of my late father, with
photographs of just two of the hundreds of set pieces he produced
3. Matlock
Bath: South Parade & the Pitchings, a drawing. Here
is a print taken from a drawing done by Mr. Frank Clay. The
page is new, but the drawing and some of the text was originally
in a different section of this website.
4. Via
Gellia, Tufa Cottage, near Matlock Bath, a coloured
postcard sent in 1905 |
Additions to:
Matlock & District
Amateur Operatic Society, 1908
Images improved and several programme covers now included |
Additions to:
- Strays:
ELLIOT | MARTYN | MOTTRAM | SMITH |
Additions to:
- Names
on Matlock's War Memorial : Surnames A - J Confirmation
of details about Thomas ALLEN
- Names
on Matlock's War Memorial : Surnames K - W Confirmation
details for Alfred SHAW, George SLATER, Fred SMITH - also
named on Starkholmes
Memorial |
Additions to:
- Wills:
(mentioned in) WHEATCROFT
SHARKEY - some additional info
Correction to BARTON George, abode changed from Matlock Bath
to Matlock Bank |
| Sep 2007 |
Additions to:
Paul Kettle has very kindly taken some new photographs for this
website. Most are in addtion to those already on site
1. Matlock, Derbyshire. A
panoramic view from Riber Hillside replaces the one of the Town
Hall, which has been moved lower down the page. There's also
a picture of Matlock Green. The new pictures of Starkholmes
from the top of Holme Road and of the view from High Tor are
from the personal collection of the webmistress.
2. Bank Road and The Tram. Replacement picture of the tram shelter - my original was taken
in the rain, so this is a great improvement.
3. MI's - Miscellaneous.
Two photos of Harrison's Almshouses on Matlock Green
4. Schools - an additional
photo of All Saints, one of Ernest Bailey's and one of Charle's
White's. I've taken the opportunity to do some reorganisation,
in particular moving references down to the foot of the page
and adding hyperlinks to navigate down.
5. Water Cures - one
of Bank House Hydro. It became Wyvern House, then Ernest Bailey's
GS and now the CRO. References also changes as in (2.) above. |
Additions to:
- Strays:
20 found by Mike Spencer in Crich PR
BALL | BODEN | BOWN | BROUGH | BUNTING | BURROWS | COATES |
GERMAN | GREENALL | KILLAH | MARTYN | OXSPRING | RICHARDSON
| TAYLOR (2) | TIPPINGE | WALKER (2) | WRIGHT (2) |
Additions to:
- Wills:
Will details LEACROFT, WHITE |
| Aug 2007 |
New section:
- Matlock &
Matlock Bath Guides.
"All
About Derbyshire" by Edward Bradbury (1884).
Late nineteenth century guide, written by a railway enthusiast.
The chapter about Matlock, complete with engravings and platinotype
photograph, is now onsite. Bradbury enthuses about most things,
though is very critical of the cavern guides and rowing boat
owners! A fascinating read. With very grateful thanks once more
to Jane Steer for her kindness in providing copies of her book. |
| Jul 2007 |
New Page:
- Matlock &
Matlock Bath Guides.
Extract from the seventeeth century "A
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain" by
Daniel Defoe, 1724-6. With very grateful thanks to Jane
Steer for providing this. Includes small decorative endpiece
from "Robinson Crusoe" |
Additions to:
- Wills, pre 1858: Details
from the Death Duty Registers has been extracted by the webmistress
from information held at the Family Record Centre, London:
Surnames : ANNABLE | BODEN | BOWN/BROWN | BUCKLEY | GREGORY
| JONES | LOWE | MATHER | POTTER | SOWTER | STONE (2) | TIMPERLAY
| WALKER (2) | WOLLEY
(Probate details were already listed) |
Additions to:
- Strays:
1. ALLEN (2)
2. BRYAN (2) | STOCKDALE (2) - additions to four earlier 1871
entries from Brian Greatorex |
| Jun 2007 |
Additions to:
- Strays:
1. 16 people, researched by the webmistress, found living in
Surrey in the 1861 Census:
BALLS (2) | BRINSLEY | BROWN | CARTER | COURT | CROWTHER | EDWARDS
| GOWER | GRAFTON | HANSON | MACPHERSON | PENN | SMITH | SPENCER
| WINGFIELD
This information wouldn't have been possible without the images
provided by findmypast.
2. 1861 Census, Middlesex - from findmypast:
TUDER | WATTS
3. 1861 Census, Yorkshire - from findmypast:
QUESTHEAD | WILSON
4. 1881 Census: 47 with Surnames beginning with B, mostly Ba
- Bl (within Derbyshire):
BADEN | BAGSHAWE | BAKER (2) | BALL (4) | BALLINGTON | BAMFORD
| BANNISTER | BARKER | BARNAISH (4) | BARNES | BARNISH | BARRATT
| BANCROFT | BARTON (2) | BASBURY | BATEMAN (2) | BATLEY | BEIGHTON
| BEACH (3) | BENSLEY | BERESFORD (3) | BESTWICK | BIDDULP |
BIDDULPH (2) | BIDDON (BRIDDON?) | BINTCLIFF | BIRCH | BIRD
| BIRDS (2) | BLACKWELL | BLOOD | BRITLAND (2)
5. 1881 Census: 11 with Surnames beginning with O (within Derbyshire):
OAKLEY (4) | OLDFIELD (2) | OSBISTON | OTTEWELL | OUTRAM (2)
| OWEN
6. 1891 Census, Cornwall - from findmypast:
BROWN | HOWE | MILLETT | STEVENS | WILDGOOSE | WOODFIELD
7. 1891 Census, Devon - from findmypast:
BUCHANAN | CARRIER | HUSTLER | NEWNES | SIDDALL | SKINNER |
SLATER | TAYLOR (2)
8. 1891 Census, Dorset - from findmypast:
BUSH | MARSDEN-SMEDLEY | PRESTON
9. 1891 Census, Various counties - from findmypast:
BOWN (3) | BRYAN (4) - one as BRYAM | STATHAM
10. Stray Burial: STORER, with thanks to Mike Spencer |
Additions to:
- The War Memorials: One or two more details about some names that we were unsure
of, e.g. COWLISHAW. It is worth checking again |
| May 2007 |
New pages:
- Images:
1. Matlock:
Dale Road & The Old English Hotel - the photo with the
very long ladder
2. Matlock:
General View - Celesque Series postcard of Matlock
Bank and the Hall Leys, dating from about 1910
3. Matlock
Bridge and Bank, 1909 - unusual view of Matlock Bank and
Bridge, photographed from just past the Quarry.
4. Old Matlock - postcard of a painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley (with biography)
5. Matlock:
Pic Tor Promenade - two more views of the attractive
Pic Tor Walk
6. Matlock
Bath: Dale Road, 1905. The first view of Matlock Bath for
those arriving by train
7. Matlock
Bath from the Heights of Jacob, 1908 - Popular view
of Matlock Bath, taken from slightly lower down than the version
published on this website in January (see below)
8. Matlock
Bath: High Tor from Matlock Bath Station, 1912
9. Matlock
Bath: Lover's Walks and River Derwent, Edwardian card A
delightful card showing three young girls
10. Matlock
Bath: New Bath Hotel - one of Matlock Bath's old hotels
and where people came for the medicinal properties of the water
11. Matlock
Bath: The Parade Edwardian view of the Parade and the Promenade
12. Matlock
Bath: Victoria Tower, View from Masson, 1907 - lovely
coloured view of the Tower and the hills in the distance |
New Pages:
Hatches, Matches and
Dispatches (CMB)
1. Quaker
(Society of Friends) Marriages, with grateful thanks to
Michael Spencer
2. Glenorchy
Independent Chapel Members List from 1864, with grateful
thanks to Michael Spencer |
New Pages:
Lists Through the
Centuries
The
Nineteenth Century - Matlock, All Saints' School: Admissions
Register, sample of entries 1895 - 1898; School Log Book, sample
of entries 1875 - 1879, with grateful thanks to Michael Spencer |
Additions to:
- Strays:
JOHNSON (census 1871), with thanks to Jean Calloway |
Additions to:
- Burials -
St Giles' Parish Church, Additions
From time to time I receive details of burials that are not
included in the on site records (1668 - 1856). A further 58
names have now been added, all from Michael Spencer who is unstintingly
generous. Published here with kind permission. 1858 and 1859
burials now complete and others are part years |
Additions to:
- Wills:
Will details HOWITT - thanks, as always, to Mike Spencer |
| Apr 2007 |
New section:
- Matlock and Matlock
Bath Names in the London Gazette.
Hundreds of names, on 10 pages.
Army and Regimental Promotions, Bankruptcies, Business Partnership
Changes, Civil Service Examinations, Orders of Chancery, Changes
of Name, Company Liquidations, Acts of Parliament, Debtors,
Honours, Inland Revenue Declarations (Banks), Property Sales,
Wills.
A finding aid to make searching the London Gazette easier for
those with Matlock and Matlock Bath ancestors. There have always
been a wide variety of public announcements in the Gazette and
Matlock and Matlock Bath residents were named in ever increasing
numbers during the nineteenth century. Present coverage includes
both eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with the earliest
reference appearing in 1725. |
New pages:
- Images:
1. Mrs. Mary Whittaker, Aërated Water Manufacturer. With grateful thanks to her great grandaughter Jean Baloo and to Colin Goodwyn for providing their Trade Mark
2. Matlock District Council Coronation Medal, 1937. A medal that was struck in 1937 on behalf of Matlock Urban District Council to commemorate the Coronation of the new King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth |
New pages:
- Matlock & Matlock
Bath Pedigrees.
Pedigrees provided for some of the movers and shakers of
Derbyshire Society, now with a new Index page
1. Pedigree of
ARKWRIGHT of Willersley
2. Pedigree of Mr.
Geo. NUTTALL of Matlock, with additional notes
3. Pedigree
of WOLLEY of Allen Hill
The images for the pedigrees of NIGHTINGALE, WOLLEY
of Darley Abbey and WOLLEY
of Ryber have been rescanned to provide a clearer and sharper
image |
Reorganization:
- QuickList - Lists Gateway
Navigation has been totally reorganised. Changes included
new, individual indexes for some sections:
1. Census
2. 19th Century Directories Index
3. 20th Century
Directories Index
4. Documents Relating
to Matlock & Matlock Bath
5. Lists Through
the Centuries Index
The Quick List index page now includes links to shorter lists
included elsewhere on the site. These used to be on a page of
their own |
Reorganization:
- Wills: New
page created, but not new information, as this has been on the Matlock References page for several years.
See
About Wills and
Places to Find Wills. Much of the information provided applies
to all Wills, though is especially relevant to Matlock Wills. |
Additions to:
- Strays:
(In 1881) DANSCON | DARBYSHIRE | DARNELL | DAVENPORT | DAVIS
(3) | DAWES (2) | DAWSON | DEBANK
DEELEY | DICKEN (2) | DICKENS (4) | DIXON (2) | DOUGLAS | DRABBLE
(2) | DUGGAN (4) | EATON (3)
EDWARDS (3) | JAMES | JEPSON (2) | JESSOP (2) | JOHNSON (2)
| KAMIS | KAY | KEELING | KIDD (2)
KILLER | KILLINGWORTH | KINDER (3) | KIRKLAND | KNIVETON | KNOWLE
| KNOWLES (26) |
Additions to:
- Wills:
(mentioned in) PARKYNS | STATHAM
Will details LUDLAM |
| Mar 2007 |
Additions to:
- Strays:
GORDON (from Rosemary Lockie) and BOWN from Jean Calloway -
grateful thanks to both. Also WRIGHT in Tintwistle, CHS (6 people)
in 1861 and LAKIN (2) | LAMB | LAND | LEADBETTER | LEAFE | LEE
(3) | LEWIS | LILLEY (2) | LIMB (5) | LING | LOCKWOOD (2) |
LOWE (3) | LUDLAM/LUDLUM (6) in 1881 |
| Feb 2007 |
New pages:
- Images: I've
had to slightly reorganize so there's now one page with links
to the Twentieth
Century Images of Matlock and a separate one to Twentieth
Century Images of Matlock Bath
Also see:
1. Matlock:
Various Scenes from the Early Twentieth Century. A multi
view B&W card showing the Wishing Stone, Riber Castle, The
Mill Dam at Tansley, The Dale, Crown Square, Oker Hill, Matlock
Bridge
2. Matlock
Bridge and Bank, 1904. Coloured postcard, called Matlock
Bridge but of both Matlock Bridge and Matlock Bank
3. Matlock:
Pic Tor, the Cycle Track and Matlock Green Unusual view
from above the Dale Road Quarry
4. Matlock
- looking towards Hackney. Early 20th century view of Matlock
Bank, The Dimple and Allen Hill
5. Matlock
Bath: Cat Tor, 1913 Lovely B&W postcard
6. Matlock
Bath: North Promenade, an Edwardian Post Card. Beautiful
coloured card of Matlock Bath's North Parade, from the bottom
of Holme Road looking south.
7. Matlock
Bath: View from Starkholmes, 1908 A wonderful panoramic
view of Matlock Bath and Masson hillside |
Additions to:
- Strays:
Brian Greatorex has found four new entries in the 1871 census
for the Manchester area for KNIVTON, REDFERN, TAYLOR (2), all
living in Newton |
Corrections to:
- Claremont,
Matlock, and Mr. Rowland Date of Death for Eliza ROWLAND
- Wills - Eliza
Rowland |
| Jan 2007 |
New pages:
- Images: two new
pages:
1. Matlock
Bath from the Heights of Jacob, 1911 Early autumn view looking
down into the valley. Colour. There's already a b&W picture
under the "Just
Images" section
2. Smedley's
- Great Britain's Greatest Hydro, 1950. An advertisement
published in "The Derbyshire Countryside" |
Additions to:
1. Strays:
Brian Greatorex has provided additional material from the 1871
census for the Manchester area for BOWKER and two new names
(both HARBOTLE)
2. Newspaper Cuttings:
Death of Luke Wilson |
Link added:
- Matlock & Matlock
Bath References - Peak Advertiser (under Newspapers, National
and Local)
Broken links repaired:
- Matlock Miscellany to Matlock Brass Band and Matlock Cycling Club |
