These fine drawings, perhaps based on photos, show views North-West
and North-East from the church tower at Wirksworth.
The scenes shows winter, with a
strong wind from the East, so the artist must have been freezing if
he was drawing in the tower!
Left picture
The nearest building is the
Vicarage on Coldwell Street, and on the
left is the
Town Hall with its "bell-tower".
The large roof to the right of the bell-tower is
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the
Red Lion Inn to the right of which are
The Vaults run by
Charles Wright, wine & spirit merchant.
The houses in between can be seen on an
Interactive Map of the centre of Wirksworth on
this website. Behind the Vicarage is the Congregational Chapel on
Chapel Lane. Today, the fields in the distance have disappeared
because of the expansion of Middlepeak and Baileycroft Quarries.
Right picture
In the centre at the bottom is
Wirksworth Grammar School (the original building)
which can also be seen on the
Interactive Map marked "G" in green.
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