| Matlock
Bath: Old Oak Tree, Great Rutland Cavern |
| Matlock Bath : Twentieth Century Photographs, Postcards, Engravings & Etchings |
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Heights of Abraham, Great Rutland Cavern, 1912
Upper Tower, Heights of Abraham
Victoria Prospect Tower, 1913
Victoria Tower, View from Masson, 1907 |
The Old Oak Tree is one of several features within the Great
Rutland Cavern on the Heights of Abraham and the people
on this old postcard from the 1950s help to provide a sense
of scale.
The Cavern has been mentioned in every tourist guide about
Matlock Bath. For example, in 1864 "The Rutland Cavern,
known as the Old Nester Mine), on the Heights of Abraham,
approached from the Museum Parade by the roadway by Hodgkinson's
Hotel, is the largest in Matlock, and has the advantage of
having the finest openings. ... The mine is dry and easily
penetrated, and is extremely rich in fossils and minerals.
The spars are extremely fine and brilliant[1]".
 Also
see 18th
and 19th Century Tourist Guides,
Transcripts & Illustrations
Advertisement
from "On Foot Through the Peak", (1868)
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A Salmon CameraColour Postcard, J. Salmon, Ltd., Sevenoaks, 1-19-01-11.
Unposted
Postcard in the collection of and provided by and © Ken
Smith.
Image scanned for this website and information researched by and © by Ann
Andrews Intended for personal use only
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References:
[1] ed. Jewitt, Llewellynn "Black's
Tourist Guide to Derbyshire"
(1864) pub. Adam and Charles Black Edinburgh, pp.233-4
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