1. View from the Heights of Abraham, September 2008.

2. Temple Walk and Orchard Road from Upperwood Road.

3. Close up of the bottom of Orchard Road.
The building in the centre of the picture, behind the lamp post, used to be The Prince of Wales^[1]. In earlier times the name was on the roof, so it was visible from Matlock Bath station! Probably the first licensee was Henry Gordon^[2]but the Inn was one of many public houses to be closed during the First World War^[3]. The property is now divided into two homes. It may seem an odd place for an hotel these days but it would have provided a welcome resting place for visitors to the Heights of Abraham in days gone by as they toiled up the steep hill. The Pitchings continues across Temple Walk / Temple Road and up the hillside past the Prince of Wales^[4].

Next door, to the left, is Derwent View. This was owned by the Briddon family^[5] who let the property to third parties^[6]. This then became the home of the Clay family for a number of years, very distant realtives of the web mistress. Agnes Ethel Jemima (nee White) and her husband Richard brought up their two sons here in the later part of WW1 and inter-war period^[7]. Both properties have been renamed.
Please note that there was another Derwent View on Brunswood Road

4. A second photograph of the Prince of Wales.

5. This is another view of Temple Walk, from the Temple Hotel, but this time looking towards the Heights of Abraham. It shows some of the beautiful houses that were built in Matlock Bath. For example, on the extreme left about half way up the photo is Guilderoy and Masson Cottage and the castellated building on the same level but further to the right is the Lower Tower. Vehicles have restricted access to parts of Matlock Bath these days, as the sign on the road indicates. The sign is roughly where The Pitchings crosses the road and continues up the hillside. The section down from Temple Walk is very steep.