Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment:

Matlock Bank

< Photos: Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment. — Matlock : Smedley's, c.1927

Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment was founded in 1853, and continued in existence until the middle of the twentieth century. The building still stands, and is now Derbyshire's County Hall.

For more images  and information about  Smedley's,  see their 1920s brochure on  John Palmer's website

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Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Part 5: entrance charges and attendants' wages

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