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Map of Matlock & Environs, 1926-7

Frontispiece from Ward Lock & Co's "Matlock, Dovedale, Bakewell and South Derbyshire", Illustrated Guide Books of England and Wales (1926-7).

Map prepared by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., Edinburgh.
Map published by Ward Lock and Co. Limited, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London. This is one of several versions that were published in Ward Lock guide books over the years.

Please note that the original map is quite a bit wider, but providing the whole map would have meant sacrificing the ability to read place names, which are quite small enough.

Unfortunately, although the map here was published by Ward Lock in 1926/7 and a slightly later edition was published in 1932-3 (which has a few minor differences) neither map relates to when it was drawn. The map here was almostly certainly drawn in the 1890s; there are several indications that it was drawn a considerable number of years before it was published in the 1926 guide:

  • The most obvious inclusion was the Rifle Range shown at Matlock Bridge (on the eastern bank of the Derwent, opposite the Hall Leys) which had disappeared when the Dale Road shops and Derwent Avenue were built.
    The Crown Hotel is marked above, but Smedley's Hydro is more consistent with its size in the 1890s. The tram line is shown going from its Rutland Street depot down Bank Road to Crown Square, so the map was drawn after 1893.
    In Matlock Bath there is no sign of the Kursall / Grand Pavilion, begun in 1910, and the map show the Fishpond Stables on the land.

  • The Duke of Wellington was just an "Inn" on this map, but in the 1932/3 pedition was given its full name. Similarly, Chatsworth Hydro was named and Bridge House has become the Town Hall and Fire Station.