Ambergate
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Ambergate books (9 available)
Buxton Town and City Memories
Paperback
Derbyshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
Peak District Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Derbyshire memories
Childhood holidays in Crich
I live in Scotland but my family hail from Bulling Lane, Crich, where up until November 2006 my Nanna still lived until her death. We used to have fab holidays every summer visiting family and every year children that lived in Crich would call for us to play. We used to hang out at The Wreck, market place and when I was old enough of course, The Black Swan!!
Crich is so friendly and we still visit often - our Uncle that still lives at Bulling Lane.
The place is beautiful!! And we hold many great memories.
A memory of Crich contributed by SARAH BLAIKIE
Belper
The Whiskin family lived in Belper until 1903.
A memory of Belper contributed by Gwenn Selvaggio
Floating coffins
South Wingfield Church is situated right beside the river and it was reported to me when I was looking round the graveyard (I'm a fam hist fan) that they have /had problems when the river flooded disturbing the graves and drowning the deceased. Of South Wingfield there is a working flour mill, at one time powered by the river just along the road round the bend and opposite to this stands a row of stone cottages in one of which my grandfather George Hawksley was born in 1861. He grew up to live in Sth Win. at ten yrs age he was down the pit as a child collier. When adult, he and his own family lived in the property that ...read more here
A memory of South Wingfield contributed by Clifford Raven
Not my era
What a treat to see this photo - presumably taken from the church tower - it brought back many happy memories of my time spent at the school between 1964 and 1970.
A memory of Swanwick contributed by Madeline Ward
Extracts From Ambergate & Derbyshire books
This distant view was taken from the north of the linear
village of Darley Dale, which spreads along the A6
north of Matlock on the road to Bakewell. Riber Castle
can be seen on the distant horizon to the left.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".
Another view from Cromford Bridge of Willersley Castle, this time seen peeping above the trees. A stone on the bridge
marks the spot where Benjamin Heywood went straight into the river as he returned home on horseback in 1697, and
emerged unscathed.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".
Another general view of
Matlock Bath, looking up
towards the wooded Heights
of Abraham on the skyline.
The Heights of Abraham
were named by a soldier who
fought with General Wolfe at
his famous victory at Quebec
in 1759.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".
The tree-lined walks by the side of the River Derwent known
as the Lovers’ Walks have been popular with visitors since the
town became a tourist honeypot in the 19th century. They are
still popular today, not least with the groups of leather-suited
motorcyclists who have made Matlock Bath their adopted
weekend home.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".
The Fishpond has been a central feature of Matlock Bath since the village became an important resort and spa in the late
18th and early 19th centuries. The hotel opposite takes its name from the pond.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".