Matlock Bath Genealogical Records
Matlock Bath Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable database containing over 230,000 baptisms, providing proof of parentage, occupations and residence.
An index of Derbyshire births recording the sub-registration district the birth was registered in.
An index to around 700,000 baptism records, listing name, date of baptism, parents' names and parish.
A calendar to documents detailing the birth and administration of illegitimate children.
Matlock Bath Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable database containing over 115,000 marriages. They may provide proof of parentage, occupations and residence.
An index of Derbyshire marriages recording the place of marriage, not just the registration district.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
Transcriptions of 73 parish marriage registers. They list brides and grooms, their residence, marital status and occasionally other details.
Matlock Bath Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
An index of burials recorded at Holy Trinity, Matlock Bath_. The index includes the name of the deceased, the date of burial, age (where available) and occasionally other notes.
Extracts from the burial register, not a full transcript.
A searchable database containing over 53,000 burials. They may provide age and residence.
An index of Derbyshire deaths recording the sub-registration district the death was registered in.
Matlock Bath Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A vast collection of populations lists, including the hearth tax, lay subsidy, recusant fines, landowners, sports clubs members and more.
Transcriptions of hearth tax records for the county of Derbyshire.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Matlock Bath
A local paper including news from the Derby area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A local paper including news from the Nottingham area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Derby area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Extracts relating to Matlock from England's official journal. Includes notices on probate matters, the military, businesses etc.
Transcriptions of newspaper articles relating to Matlock. They cover deaths, military matters, local affairs, sports and more.
Matlock Bath Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to wills of Matlock residents from various courts. Also contains several abstracts of wills and and index of Matlock beneficiaries.
An index to wills, administrations and inventories proved by the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Copies of wills can be ordered or viewed at the record office in Lichfield.
An index to wills, proved by the Derby Probate Registry. Index includes name, residence and year of probate. Contains entries for Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and other counties.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
Matlock Bath Immigration & Travel Records
A calendar to documents that granted a person settlement in a parish so long as they did not become a financial burden.
A calendar to documents detailing the removal of a person or family from one parish to another.
A calendar to documents detailing the transportation of people from Derbyshire to Australia.
A calendar to records detailing the transportation of people from Derbyshire to parts of the British Empire.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
Matlock Bath Military Records
A vast collection of populations lists, including the hearth tax, lay subsidy, recusant fines, landowners, sports clubs members and more.
Photographs of war memorials, with lists of the names included on them. Also contains biographies and photos of some of the fallen.
Articles relating to a Midlands infantry regiment and its predecessors
The names of Derbyshire militia-men who joined the regular Army in 1813.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Derbyshire, with some service details.
Matlock Bath Court & Legal Records
Extracts from various early documents, primarily detailing property.
Abstracts of various early documents, much of them pertaining to property. Index by surname and place.
A calendar to documents detailing the birth and administration of illegitimate children.
A calendar to documents that granted a person settlement in a parish so long as they did not become a financial burden.
A calendar to documents detailing the removal of a person or family from one parish to another.
Matlock Bath Taxation Records
Transcriptions of hearth tax records for the county of Derbyshire.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Matlock Bath Land & Property Records
A vast collection of populations lists, including the hearth tax, lay subsidy, recusant fines, landowners, sports clubs members and more.
Extracts from various early documents, primarily detailing property.
Abstracts of various early documents, much of them pertaining to property. Index by surname and place.
An English translation of Derbyshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Matlock Bath Directories & Gazetteers
Transcriptions from three directories, detailing the towns, their environs and residents in the 20th century.
Transcriptions of more than a dozen directories, detailing the towns, their environs and residents.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A directory of settlements in the county detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Matlock Bath Cemeteries
Transcriptions of gravestones and memorials from several burial grounds in Matlock.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Matlock Bath Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Matlock Bath Histories & Books
A collection of several hundred photographs, postcards, engravings and etchings depicting Matlock and its environs.
Histories of Anglican and non-conformist churches in Matlock.
Details from a mid-19th century tour of the Matlock area.
A short, chronological history of the parishes of Matlock & Matlock Bath.
Selected issues of a periodical which contains many historical and genealogical tracts relating to the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Matlock Bath School & Education Records
Histories and photographs of local schools.
Transcriptions of school registers, which may include date of birth, name of parent(s) or guardian(s), residence and other details.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Matlock Bath Occupation & Business Records
A history of the use of photography in the area, with biographies of local photographers.
A short, illustrated history of stone quarrying in the area.
A short, illustrated history of lead mining in the area.
Details of the society's performances and members.
An index to photographers and photographic studios operating in Derbyshire. Contains biographical information and examples of work.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Matlock Bath
Genealogical charts for several local families, with biographical notices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Matlock Bath Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
The most comprehensive listing of Knights of the Crown, listing details where known to the order, date, place and reason for elevation.
Matlock Bath Church Records
Histories of Anglican and non-conformist churches in Matlock.
Histories of Anglican churches in the county of Derbyshire, illustrated with exquisite photographs. Maintained by the Diocese of Derby.
An index to surviving nominations of parish clerks. The index may contain: parish, surname, forename, year, the reason for the appointment (e.g. death, ill-health, retirement or dismissal of predecessor), and occasionally further information, such as occupation or age.
Profiles of Derbyshire parish churches, including photographs.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Biographical Directories Covering Matlock Bath
A collection of biographies for notable persons connected with Matlock. Includes portraits.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Matlock Bath Maps
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Matlock Bath Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
MATLOCK BATH, constituted a separate parish in 1894, includes Matlock Diale and Scarthin Nick, and is a modern inland and fashionable watering place, with a station on the Midland railway, and is situated in a deep and lovely valley south-west of the parish of Matlock. The place is celebrated for the romantic character of its scenery and the purity of its medicinal springs, and in the summer season this beautiful locality is frequented by visitors from all parts of the kingdom. It is in the Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred, petty sessional division and county court district, Bakewell union, and in the rural deanery of Bakewell, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The parish has been governed by a local board from 1865 until the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) established the present Urban District Council, which consists of 11 members; it is lighted with gas from works near the railway station, the property of the Urban District Council; water for the higher part of the parish is derived from works at Darley Hill Side and High Peak, Cromford, both the property of the Urban District Council. The lower portion of the parish is supplied from a spring of great volume and purity near the High Peak junction. Holy Trinity ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1843. The church, erected in 1842, at a cost of £2,250, is a cruciform building of stone, in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, transepts and a tower on the north with spire and containing one bell: the stained east window was presented by Mrs. Charles Clarke to the memory of her late husband, and there is another presented by the nephews of Mr. Charles Clarke: there are 450 sittings, two-thirds being free. The register dates from the year 1843. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £270, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1883 by the Rev. Charles Baker, of St. Bees. The Congregational chapel, erected in 1777, will seat 250: there is also a Wesleyan chapel on the Derwent parade and a Primitive Methodist mission room.
Crompton and Evans’ Union Bank Limited, and Parr’s Bank Limited, have branch banks here; there are cotton and paper mills which give employment to many of the inhabitants and in Matlock Dale are color works and stone quarries.
The water of the springs for which Matlock is distinguished, were first applied to medicinal uses about the year 1698. The hot springs, situated about 100 feet above the level of the Derwent, have a temperature of about 68 deg. Fahrenheit; the waters are beautifully clear and tasteless and are efficacious in glandular affections, rheumatism, biliary obstructions, incipient consumption, and in all complaints arising from relaxation of the muscular fibres, and are taken internally with good effect in gradually increased quantities; the usual time for bathing being before breakfast, and between breakfast and dinner: the season commences in April and ends in November. The original bath was rebuilt by the Rev. Mr. Fern, of Matlock, and Mr. Hayward, of Cromford, the lease of the building being afterwards purchased by Messrs. Smith and Pennell, of Nottingham, who erected two large houses, with stables and other conveniences, constructed a carriage road by the side of the river from Cromford, and greatly improved the road to Matlock Bridge: a second spring was afterwards discovered about a quarter of a mile south of the former, another bath formed, and lodging-houses built for the reception of visitors: at a still later period a third spring was opened within 300 yards of the first, and a third bath constructed with an hotel, but most of the old structures have since been replaced by modern establishments. The Royal hotel occupies an eminence on the site of the Old Bath, and is a substantial building of stone, surrounded by beautiful grounds affording highly attractive views of the immediate neighbourhood; it has been enlarged and fitted with baths of every description. The great mineral spring adjoining it yields 10,000 gallons an hour. The New Bath Hotel has natural tepid swimming and hot baths, a public drawing-room, spacious dining-rooms, billiard-room and a ball-room, 63 feet by 38 feet: the Bath Terrace, Devonshire and Temple hotels occupy good situations, and there are a large number of good lodging-houses. There are various establishments for the sale of ornaments made from the various spars, stalactites, and marbles with which this county abounds.
Among the attractions of Matlock the caverns occupy a prominent place; the Cumberland Cavern, the most extensive, contains a gallery 300 feet in length and 18 feet high, besides various other openings; the Royal Rutland Cavern, on the Heights of Abraham, has great subterranean chambers, naturally groined arches, and lofty dome-lika roof; the Royal Devonshire Cavern has a spacious opening, 200 feet long and 40 feet wide, and is adorned with a profusion of beautiful minerals. Fluor Spar Cavern, on the “Heights of Jacob,”adjoining the New Pavilion, contains several spacious natural cavities, grottoes, and archways of beautiful fluor and dog-tooth spar and veins of lead ore and barytes. The New Speedwell Mine is encrusted with crystals, and a large portion of one side of it is covered with stalactites of the most exquisite whiteness. The High Tor Grotto, a natural cavern, situated immediately at the base of the cliff from which it derives its name, exhibits splendid groups of crystallized spar and other minerals, lining the roof and sides; it is lighted with gas. The petrifying wells, of which there are three, are likewise interesting objects. The High Tor, rising perpendicularly from the river Derwent to a height of nearly 400 feet, is a prominent feature in the scenery, and is covered at the base with trees and underwood, but the upper part, for upwards of 150 feet, consists of one naked mass of rock; the summit has been laid out by a company, and now forms a pleasant place for recreation. Immediately opposite the High Tor is Masson Hill, nearly 800 feet high, from which and from the Heights of Abraham, about 650 feet high (to which a winding ascent has been made), an extensive view is afforded of the scenery of the surrounding country. Matlock Dale extending from Matlock Bath to Matlock Bridge, a distance of about one mile, lies almost wholly in the former district, and is one of the most attractive portions of this interesting neighbourhood; the river and road which run by the side of it are both between the High Tor and Masson Hill. The Trovers’ Walk, on the opposite side of the river, is another favourite place of resort; paths leading to different points from which the dale may be advantageously seen have also been cut through the wood in various directions. In 1887 an iron bridge of 85 feet span was constructed, at a cost of £230, connecting the Promenade with Lovers’ Walk, and at the same time the Promenade was laid out at a cost of £700, and is now under the control of the Urban District Council. The Matlock Bath Pavilion and Gardens were established in 1883 for the purpose of adding to the natural advantages of the plase as a health and pleasure resort; the site consists of about 15 acres of freehold land on the side of a hill near the Royal hotel, upon which a pavilion, with a frontage of 228 feet, has been erected, and the grounds in front converted into three terraces commanding picturesque views: a considerable portion of the grounds forms a natural rockery. The Fountain Baths, opposite the new promenade, consist (besides several private baths) of a large swimming bath (22 feet by 50) covered by a partly glazed span roof 34 feet high in the centre; this bath is supplied with a constantly flowing spring of sparkling water, at a natural temperature of 68 degrees, the average daily flow being about 600,000 gallons. The area is 350 acres; rateable value, £10,087; the population in 1891 was 1,846.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services
Holy Trinity Church, Rev. Charles Baker, vicar; 10.45 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.
Scarthin Mission Church; 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Congregational, Rev. Frank Robert Bellamy; 10.30 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Scarthin row.
Primitive Methodist Mission Room.
Wesleyan, Derwent parade; 10.30 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.
Wesleyan, Scarthin row.
Church National School, erected in 1853, for 300 children; average attendance, 115.