A pictorial and descriptive guide to Matlock, Dovedale, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, Derby, etc. : appendices for anglers, golfers and cyclists : maps of Derbyshire, Matlock and neighbourhood, Dovedale, and three outline maps showing walks from Matlock.

Date:
[1906-7?]
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Credit: A pictorial and descriptive guide to Matlock, Dovedale, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, Derby, etc. : appendices for anglers, golfers and cyclists : maps of Derbyshire, Matlock and neighbourhood, Dovedale, and three outline maps showing walks from Matlock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Valentine & Sons, Ltd.,] [Dundee THE DERWENT AT MATLOCK BATH. GUIDE TO MATLOCK AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. INTRODUCTION. The Matlocks—Geology—Derbyshire Valleys and Rivers—Railway Routes and Fares—Cycling Routes—Hotels and their Tariffs. AMONG the inland resorts of England no district is at once so beautiful and so popular as the lovely vale of the Derwent, in which Matlock Bath nestles between the sheltering rocks of the High Tor and the Heights of Abraham. So much beauty crowded into so small a district is rare indeed ; for in the less than two miles course of the river between Matlock Bath and Matlock Bridge there is a combination of grace and grandeur bewildering to the stranger in its profusion, and always fresh and alluring to those familiar with it. Woodland walks and crystal waters, towering cliffs and
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