Matlock Bank, Derbyshire
Historical Description
Matlock Bank, an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1886 from Matlock parish, Derbyshire, near Matlock Bridge. It I has large hydropathic establishments, delightfully situated, and containing excellent accommodation. Population, 2743. The living of All Saints is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £103. Patron, the Bishop. The church,. built in 1884, is in the Early Gothic style. There are also Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan, and Roman Catholic chapels, and a meeting-house for the Society of Friends.
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.
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Derbyshire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Matlock Bank 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)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Derbyshire papers online: