Updated 13 May 2001

WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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Wirksworth Photo database

It is hoped to gradually build up a database of old photos of the Wirksworth area, with a view to displaying low resolution graphics on this website and high resolution graphics on a CD. This will help preserve and display Wirksworth's Heritage for future generations.
Derek Walker of Wirksworth Heritage Centre has access to the Centre's collection of old photos, and is able to convert them to high resolution graphics.
If anyone has photos of places or people in the Wirksworth Area from before 1920, and is willing to have them published electronically, please contact me: or Derek Walker. The older and more unusual the photo, the more delighted we will be! The original photo will be returned to its owner safely and quickly after scanning.

If anyone has information about any of the photos shown, please contact me: and it will be entered into the database.

To see the photos, click on the "X number" in the File column.

File

Description

Dates

Photo

Size

Res

Bytes Kb

Source

Source Address

Reference

Comments
1 x1 Priest's House C1500-1957 1910 6 x 8 400 1192 W/W Heritage Centre Crown Yard, W/W 133 In grounds of 5 Blind Lane
2 x2 Priest's House C1500-1957 c1950 7 x 5 400 690 D.Walker 5 Blind Lane, W/W   Before demolition
3 x3 Priest's House C1500-1957 1910 4 x 6 400 580 D.Walker 5 Blind Lane W/W   Original postcard
4 x4 Hopton Wood Quarry, Middleton   c1920 8 x 6 400 987 W/W Heritage Centre Crown Yard, W/W   Framed photo
5 x5 "Monkey Hole" Bridge over Middle Peak Quarry   c1920 6 x 10 400 1276 Ditto Ditto   ditto
6 x6 St. John's Street, W/W   c1910 7 x 5 400 439 Ditto Ditto   Copy of original
7 x7 {Visit of Prince of Wales}   1928 8 x 6 400 944 Ditto Ditto   Framed photo
8 x8 {to Middle Peak Quarry}   1928 8 x 6 400 1084 Ditto Ditto   ditto
9 x9 Luther Gould, Town Crier of W/W 1860 - ? c1930 7 x 5 400 967 Ditto Ditto   ditto
10 x10 Coldwell Street, W/W   c1904 6 x 4 400 607 Ditto Ditto   Postcard
11   {Mary Staples}                  
12 x11 {Mrs. Alice Hallows}   c1900 6 x 4 400 492 Ditto Ditto   Photo
13   {Cousin Elly}                  
14   {Alice}                  
15 x12 {Mrs. Alice Hallows}     6 x 4 400 304 Ditto Ditto   Postcard
16   {Cousin Elly}                  
17 x13 Alfred Pritchard   c1914 6 x 4 400 236 Ditto Ditto   Postcard
18 x14 Will Hallows in W/W cemetery     3 x 5 400 367 Ditto Ditto   Postcard very faded
19 x15 Alice Fellows et.al.-Cemetery House     5 x 3 400 337 Ditto Ditto   Postcard faded