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All About Derbyshire by Edward Bradbury, 1884.*

Eighteenth and nineteenth century tour guides about Matlock Bath and Matlock

Chapter XXI

MATLOCK.

All About Derbyshire

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Edward Bradbury, the son of master tailor John Bradbury and his wife Harriett, was born in Derby in 1853. His working life began in the employment of the Midland Railway and his enthusiasm for railways remained with him his entire life. Bradbury was with family, who were then living at 93 Osmaston Road, in the 1881 census; he was employed as a Railway Clerk at that time. By 1891 he had moved to Buxton and was living at 1 Hartington Terrace, West Street - advertising himself in the Directories as Edward Strephon Bradbury. He had become a journalist and author and was writing about the railway for numerous newspapers and magazines. His articles often appeared under the pseudonym Strephon. He published several books. He appears in the 1901 census but for the moment the webmistress is unsure when he died. (Did he die in 1905? Any help gratefully received.)

From the Chapter

pp.299 - 303, with engravings

pp.304 - 306, with engravings

pp.307 - 309, with engravings

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R. Keene's Platinotype view of High Tor

Engraving of High Tor

Title Page of
Bradbury's All About Derbyshire that was published in 1884

*Transcribed by Ann Andrews in July 2007 from:
Bradbury, Edward (1884) "All about Derbyshire." With sixty illustrations by W.H.J. Boot, J.S. Gresley, W.C. Keene, L.L. Jewitt, G. Bailey, J.A. Warwick, R. Keene, and others. Simpkin Marshall, London : Richard Keene, All Saints', Derby
With my grateful thanks to Jane Steer who provided photocopies of her book for me to OCR.
Image scans Copyright © Jane Steer and intended for personal use only.

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