. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . span riversand water-courses until it reaches Leicester—the spot from whence Richardwent forth to fight his last Batde of Bosworth Field. So, step by step,each foot of ground rises into dignity from past associations. (3^ —Q^ MATLOCK. The railway that passes from Ambergate by Matlock to Rowsley wasoriginally constructed as a portion of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,and Midland Junction, ^vhich was to extend to Cheadle, near Manchester,and form part of a route through the midland
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . span riversand water-courses until it reaches Leicester—the spot from whence Richardwent forth to fight his last Batde of Bosworth Field. So, step by step,each foot of ground rises into dignity from past associations. (3^ —Q^ MATLOCK. The railway that passes from Ambergate by Matlock to Rowsley wasoriginally constructed as a portion of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,and Midland Junction, ^vhich was to extend to Cheadle, near Manchester,and form part of a route through the midlands to London. In this schemethe Manchester and Birmingham Railway (now included in the Londonand North-Western) was interested. Subsequently a change came over itspolicy. The Xorth-Western system was incorporated with direct lines of itsown to London, and sympathy with the Ambergate project was turned intoalienation. Eventually the larger scheme shrank to the modest proportionsof a line eleven and a half miles long, from Ambergate to Rowslej-, whichthe Midland Company leased, and has recently purchased. -3. Jilany spots of the greatest interest are passed by this little line. LeavingAmbergate Station, the train runs through the woods of Crich Chase, andCrich Hill itself towers nearly i,ooo feet high to the right,—a wonderfulmass of limestone that has been thrust through the horizontal strata ofmillstone grit,—and it is capped on the summit by a look-out tower, knownfor many a mile round as Crich Stand. Now we reach A\hatstandwell;and soon afterwards Cromford Station and ALitlock. Tens of thousands of travellers come yearly to Matlock to enjoy andre-enjoy the charms of the Dale, the High Tor, Masson, and the Heightsof Abraham. Approaching from the south, the train j)asses through Crom-ford Tunnel, Willersley Cutting, and debouches on to tlie side of a hill,from which we look down into the valley and up the lofty wooded rocksabove. The deep winding ravine of Matlock Dale e
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