Taken c.1910, Main St, looking East.
Unposted. Main Street, looking East. The Bull's Head on the right.
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Kirk Ireton, Main Street.
Looking South West down Main Street, with Holy Trinity Parish
Church on the left.
The Parish Register held at Matlock Records Office records baptisms and
burials back to 1572, and marriages to 1574.
Kirk Ireton is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The name probably means "Farm of the Irishmen".
The old Post Office, (on the right with the "Telephone" sign). The large black sliding door on the right used to be a smithy, run by Isaac Beeston and his wife Annie in 1901.
The Post Office opened in 1852, with George Ford as sub-postmaster. When George retired in 1870, his wife Elizabeth took over. She is found in the Census in 1871, 1881 and 1891, when she finally retired at 83. Selina Smedley took over, retiring in 1910.
In 1855 the mail Arrived from Wirksworth at 10.15am and departed at 4.30pm.
In 1876 it arrived at 9.30am, and in 1895 arrived at 7.20am and departed
at 5.30pm.
The Bull's Head,
on Main Street was originally at Lowton House
at the East end of Main Street. It later moved to the position
shown in the photo, but eventually closed in 1982, becoming a
private residence. The villager's choice of pub, it was home to domino
and darts teams, and had a tennis court.
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Fashions of the time
The smart young man has waistcoat, watch-and chain, patent leather shoes, starched collar and cloth cap
The girls have pinafores, bonnets, and boots.
They are all very curious about the photographer with his equipment.
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