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 Buxton, in Corbar Woods 1915 (ref. 67578) | This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl within which the town sits. Good views can be had of the town from the top of Corbar Hill and of the moorland to the north over Lightwood Reservoir. Nithen Quarry in the western Corbar Woods was a source of high quality gritstone. Stone from this quarry was used to build the Town Hall on the Market Place in 1888. The disused quarry now operates as a residential caravan park. |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Buxton, Pavilion Gardens, the Upper Lake 1932 (ref. 85225) | Rowing and paddle boats were a common sight on the upper lake from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Some of them endearingly carried identifying names, the two paddle boats in this view are called Hamish and Paddy. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Buxton, Spring Gardens 1923 (ref. 74118) | With increases in both population and numbers of visitors to the town, provision had to be made for their shopping requirements. Although there are shops in higher Buxton, on High Street and the Market Place, the major commercial centre is Spring Gardens in the lower town. Originally known as Town Street or Sheffield Road, it was developed into a busy shopping street selling, among other things, tourist gifts. Here you could buy ornaments made of Blue John, Ashford Black Marble and Derbyshire Spar - locally mined stones which were worked in the Petrifaction and Spar shops. The number and type of shops in Spring Gardens has altered greatly over the years but the architecture on either side remains largely unchanged. An increase in traffic through the street led to calls for pedestrianisation which was completed in 1997. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Buxton, Thermal Baths and Crescent 1923 (ref. 74120) | The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various illnesses, including rheumatism and a recurring pain in the side. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Buxton, the Pump Room 1914 (ref. 67572) | Across the road the half-round windows, on the ground floor of the single-storey building on the right, show the site of the original Roman Bath, in constant use from that time. Beyond is the Hall of 1573. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
