A Guide To Buxton, The Peak, Dovedale, Etc. (Derbyshire) - Contents (Ward, Lock & Co., 1939-40)

A Pictorial and Descriptive
Guide to Buxton, The Peak, Dovedale, Etc.

Illustrated Guide Books
Series 1939-40

GUIDE TO BUXTON, THE PEAK, DOVEDALE, &c.

MAPS

Plan of Buxton	Frontispiece
Buxton and the Peak (One inch to the mile)	Faces Page	9
Matlock, Dovedale, etc. (Two inches to the mile)	""	80
DOVEDALE 1½ inches to the mile)	page	99

CONTENTS

		PAGE
INTRODUCTION Scope of Book - The Peak and the “Lows” - Derbyshire Valleys - Geological, Botanical, Archaeological and Natural History Notes - Historical Note - Books to Read - Railway Facilities - Hotels and Tariffs		9
MOTORING		19
	ROUTES TO BUXTON	20
	ROUTES FROM BUXTON	22
BUXTON - PRELIMINARY INFORMATION A Summary of Useful Facts, arranged alphabetically.		27
IN AND ABOUT BUXTON		37
WALKS AROUND BUXTON
I.	Solomon's Temple	47
II.	Cowdale	48
III.	Axe Edge	48
IV.	“The Cat and Fiddle”	48
IVa.	Wildboarclough	49
V.	Panniers Pool Bridge	50
VI.	The Goyt Valley and Jenkin Chapel	50
VII.	Combs Lake and Chapel-en-le-Frith	52
VIII.	Kinder Scout	52
VIIIa.	Edale	55
IX.	Rushup Edge and Mam Tor	56
X.	Chee Dale and Miller's Dale	56
XI.	Deepdale	57
XII.	Chelmorton	58
XIII.	Over Haddon and the Lathkil Valley	59
XIIIa.	Stanton Moor	60
XIV.	Youlgreave	62
THE NORTH PEAK DISTRICT
	Buxton to Castleton by Road	64
	Edale	66
	Hope	67
	Castleton	68
	Hathersage	77
BAKEWELL AND HADDON HALL		80
CHATSWORTH		85
DOVEDALE		94
MILL DALE		101
BERESFORD DALE		101
HARTINGTON		103
THE MANIFOLD VALLEY		104
ILAM		106
GEORGE ELIOT'S COUNTRY
	Ashbourne	107
	Norbury	111
	Ellastone	112
OTHER EXCURSIONS FROM BUXTON
I.	Ludchurch and The Roaches	113
II.	Leek and Rudyard Lake	115
III.	Macclesfield	117
IV.	Tideswell	118
V.	Monsal Dale and Longstone	119
VI.	Eyam and Baslow	120
VII.	Arbor Low	121
VIII.	Tissington	122
IX.	Matlock	124
Index		125

Directory of Hotels, Boarding-houses, Schools, Estate Agents and
Business Establishments in Great Britain.

See after p.8 and at end of Book

ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING PAGE
The Peak, from Rushup Edge	20
Thorpe Cloud, Dovedale	21
Monsal Dale	22
Wolfscote Dale	23
Lathkil Dale	23
Stanton Moor Edge	26
Buxton	27
The Crescent	28
The Thermal Baths	29
Town Hall and Market Cross	29
Royal Devonshire Hospital	29
Ashwood Park	32
Corbar Woods	32
Cavendish Golf Links	33
Serpentine Walks	36
The Pavilion and Gardens	37
St Ann's Church	44
Ashwood Park	45
The “Cat and Fiddle”	48
Hair-Pin Bend, Axe Edge	48
The Roaches	49
Pannier's Pool Bridge	52
In the Goyt Valley	53
Chee Tor	60
Taddington Dale	61
The Vale of Edale	66
Mam Tor: The “Shivering Mountain”	67
The Peak, from Rushup Edge	68
Peak Castle, from Cave Dale	69

	FACING PAGE
The Winnats	76
Baslow Old Bridge	77
The Derwent, near Hathersage	77
The Surprise View, Longshaw	78
Hathersage Church	79
Castleton Church	79
Monsal Dale	80
Bakewell Bridge	81
Bakewell	82
Bakewell Church	83
Haddon Hall: South Front	84
Terrace Walk	85
Dorothy Vernon's Steps	85
Chatsworth, from the Park	92
Chatsworth and the Bridge	93
Glutton Dale	94
Lion Rock, Dovedale	95
The Dove Holes	96
Reynard's Cave	97
Ilam Rock	102
Packhorse Bridge, Milldale	103
Fishing House, Beresford Dale	103
Thor's Cave	106
Ashbourne Church	107
Tideswell Church	118
Eyam	119
Dressed Well at Tissington	122
Matlock Bath	123

OCR/transcript by Rosemary Lockie in November 2013.