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MATLOCK BATH

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 889 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MATLOCK See also:BATH , one and a See also:half See also:miles See also:south of Matlock, having a See also:separate railway station, overlooks the narrow and precipitous See also:gorge of the See also:Derwent, and stands in the midst of See also:woods and cliffs, deriving its name from three medicinal springs, which first became celebrated towards the See also:close of the 17th See also:century. They were not known to the See also:Romans, although See also:lead-See also:mining was carried on extensively in the See also:district in the 1st and znd centuries A.D. The mean temperature of the springs is 68° F. Extensive grounds have been laid out for public use; and in the neighbourhood there are several See also:fine stalactite caverns. Sheltered under the high moorlands of See also:Darley, MATLOCK See also:BANK has grown up about a mile See also:north-See also:east of the old See also:village, and has become celebrated for the number and excellence of its hydropathic establishments. A See also:tramway, worked by a single See also:cable, over a gradient said to be the steepest in the See also:world, affords easy communication with Matlock See also:Bridge.

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