English Buildings

At the apothecary’s, 1 While the Resident Wise Woman dived into the Old Apothecary Shop on Matlock Bath’s North Parade, her brain switching ...

Modest monument A highlight of our recent visit to Cromford was a stroll along the Cromford Canal, taking in canalside views of nature and a...

Keeping the water flowing The Cromford Canal was begun in the 1790s with the ultimate aim of linking Cromford with Manchester, giving a rout...

  Postcard from Switzerland Arriving at Matlock Bath, I parked in the ‘overspill’ area of the full station car park and waded through mud in...

A bit of a shambles To begin with, I hardly glanced at the small low terrace of tiny shops, most of them seemingly unoccupied, that runs alo...

  Mill town, pig town The idea that a factory town need consist simply of rows of small, unsanitary houses accommodating the workforce of a ...

  What about the workers? A recent visit to Cromford, a place famous for the cotton-spinning mills of Richard Arkwright, the earliest of whi...