Unposted, undivided back, 1899-1902
Posted 1921. From "Blanche, c/o Mrs Partridge, Tynkersley, Rowsley",
to "Miss Dorothy Mackay, 3, Boden St, Ardwick, Manchester"
House and garden look overgrown but occupied.
Shed opposite covered with tarpaulin.
Signpost reads: South: Hopton, Brassington; E:Middleton, Wirksworth;
NE:Cromford, Matlock Bath; W:Grange Mill, Winster.
Climber has reached the roof, probably Wisteria.
The house is surrounded by a flowering shrub, possibly rambling rose?
The walled vegetable plot opposite looks well tended.
Matlock, Rider Point, Via Gellia
The cottage at Rider Point (now gone) used to be a Toll House at
"Four Roads End" (OS ref: SK 262-565). See the Census
1861 and
1871.
The road was named after Philip Gell of Hopton Hall who paid to
have it constructed through the valley in 1791-2, improving access
between his lead mines and the lead smelter at Cromford.
The trade name Viyella originates from the fabric that was once
produced at the textile mill in the Via Gellia.
The junction is called "Four Roads End", where Via Gellia Road (the A5012 running Westwards - bottom right to top middle) meets New Road (the B5023, from Middleton), and a minor road from the South.
Neil France writes (2007):
The cottage at Ryder point has gone, but I spoke to some locals who can
remember it from the picture, and the Phillips family , who lived there.
Unposted, undivided back, 1899-1902
Taken 2007 by Neil France. He writes: The cottage at Ryder point
has gone, but I spoke to some locals who can remember it from the
picture, and the Phillips family , who lived there.
Hello John
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