High Tor, Derbyshire
Historical Description
High Tor, a rocky eminence in Matlock Dale, Derbyshire, at the river Derwent, near Matlock. It rises to a height of nearly 400 feet above the river, is thickly clothed in its lower part with shrubs and trees, is bare and rugged in its upper part, and presents on all sides a picturesque aspect. It was pierced in 1849 by a tunnel for a railway to Buxton.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in conjunction with the Derbyshire Record Office, have the Church of England Baptisms (1538-1916), Marriages and Banns (1538-1932), and Burials (1538-1991) online.
Maps
Online maps of High Tor are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)