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Name:Matlock railway station and goods station, Matlock Bridge, Matlock Town
HER No.:10049
Type of Record:Monument
Designation:None recorded

Summary

Railway station of 1850, now much altered.

Grid Reference:SK 296 601
Parish:MATLOCK TOWN

Monument Type(s):

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • EDR3796 - Desk-based assessment, A6 Diversion, Cawdow Quarry and Matlock, by Gifford, in 2003

Full Description

SK 29656020. The station dates from 1850 and now is rather altered. Both the station and the nearby station house [see SMR 10084] were designed by J Paxton. (1, 2)

Gritstone goods shed with ornate wooden awning formerly serving Matlock Station goods yard. This and other former railway buildings in the vicinity are currently (1997) used by Peak Rail. (3)


<1> 1975, Council of British Archaeology Panel on Industrial Monuments (Bibliographic reference). SDR3852.


<2> NDAT (Index). SDR18544.


<3> Fowkes, D (ed.), 1997, Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology. A Gazetteer of Sites. Part IV. Derbyshire Dales (Bibliographic reference). SDR18788.

Sources and Further Reading

[1]SDR3852 - Bibliographic reference: 1975. Council of British Archaeology Panel on Industrial Monuments. 6.
[2]SDR18544 - Index: NDAT.
[3]SDR18788 - Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 1997. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology. A Gazetteer of Sites. Part IV. Derbyshire Dales.