Bridge Arch Roadway Matlock Baths UK
A former spa town, Matlock (from the Old English for Moot Oak[2]) lies on the River Derwent, and has prospered from both the hydrotherapy industry and the cloth mills constructed on the river and its tributary Bentley Brook. It was an unimportant collection of small villages in the Wirksworth Hundred — Matlock Town, Matlock Green, Matlock Bridge, Matlock Bank — until thermal springs were discovered in 1698.[3] The population increased rapidly in the 1800s, largely because of the popular hydros which were being built.[4] At one stage there were around twenty hydros, mostly on Matlock Bank, the largest built in 1853 by John Smedley.[3][4] This closed in 1955,[4] and re-opened in 1956[5] as the headquarters of the Derbyshire County Council. Matlock is also home to the Derbyshire Dales District Council as well as Matlock Town council.
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