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© Pentrich Historical Society 2000-2006

Updated Saturday, 28 January, 2006

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Pentrich Photo Archive & Image Gallery

CHURCH & RELIGION

• | Berry, Sarah - Memorial Window inside St.Matthew’s Church (2005) |
• | Churches seen from Crich Tower, incl. St. Matthew’s at Pentrich (postcard c.1925) |
• | Dannah, Samuel & Hannah - Memorial Window inside St.Matthew’s Church (2005) |
• | Letter-card sent by John Towlson of Eggerton Mills, Pentrich, re Pentrich benefice (1912) |
• | Memorial Tombstones of Rev. Ledward, St. Matthew’s churchyard (photo 2004) |
• | Memorial Stained Glass Window (DANNAH & BERRY family) inside St.Matthew’s (2005) |
• | Mural of St. Matthew, by Rev. Ledward inside St. Matthew’s church (photo 2004) |
• | Old Nonconformist Chapel, Pentrich (postcard c.1925) |
• | Photos by David Townsend; taken in & around church & churchyard of St. Matthew’s |
• | Prayer book of Hannah Walters’ (nee Cresswell), incl. important family events (2004) |
• | Revd. Edward John Lewis, former vicar of Pentrich & Swanwick (1991) |
• | Revd. Edward John Lewis & Revd. Esmond Smith of Ripley & his wife Grace (1991) |
• | Rev. Frederick John Boston on motorised bike (enlarged area with Revd. Boston c.1950) |
• | Rev. Frederick John Boston on motorised bike (Complete Photo, c.1950) |
• | Rev. William Jellicorse Ledward (photo c.1874) |
• | St. Matthew’s Church exterior, incl grave digger or parish verger (photo c.1895) |
• | St. Matthew’s Church exterior, incl. churchyard (photo 2001) |
• | St. Matthew’s Church exterior, incl. churchyard (postcard c.1908) |
• | St. Matthew’s church from Main Road incl local children, Pentrich (postcard c.1905) |
• | St. Matthew’s Church interior (postcard c.1940) |
• | St. Matthew’s Church exterior (postcard c.1910) |
• | St. Matthew’s Church exterior (postcard c.1910) |
• | Plaque from inside St. Matthew’s, showing List of former vicars (photo 2004) |

HIGHWAYS, BYWAYS, BUILDINGS & TRANSPORTATION

• | Ambergate Railway Station & station platform, Ambergate Nr. Pentrich (postcard 1923) |
• | Ambergate Railway Staff standing on platform, Ambergate Nr. Pentrich (postcard 1923) |
• | ’Asherfield farm’ & barn plaque, Asher Lane, Pentrich (photo 2001) |
• | Children posing for the camera, Main Road, Pentrich (postcard c.1904) |
• | Cottage Doorway, possibly Fryer’s cottage, Main Road, Pentrich (sepia photo c.1910) |
• | Cottage Doorway, possibly Fryer’s cottage, Main Road, Pentrich (b&w photo c.1910) |
• | Dog Inn & Main Road during winter (at junction with Asher Lane) Pentrich (photo c.1978) |
• | Dog Inn, Pentrich (photo 2001) |
• | Dog Inn ‘Revolution Bar’ before 2004 refurbishments (photo 2001) |
• | Dog Inn, ‘The Captured Marchers’ wall plaque (photo 2001) |
• | Dog Inn, ‘The Captured Marchers’ wall plaque close-up (photo 2001) |
• | Dog Inn, Wall Plaque for Revolution Bar (photo 2001) |
• | ’Eastview’, Main Road, Pentrich - with Upton family members (photo c.1952) |
• | Girls beside Water Pump/Drinking Fountain, Main Road, Pentrich (photo c.1895) |
• | Girls beside Water Pump/Drinking Fountain, Main Road, Pentrich (enlarged photo c.1895) |
• | Main Road & Dog Inn during winter (at junction with Asher Lane) Pentrich (photo c.1978) |
• | Main Road & houses, Pentrich (postcard c.1910) |
• | Main Road & houses, Pentrich (postcard c.1915) |
• | Pentrich Mill including vehicles outside, Pentrich (photo c.1950-60) |
• | Pentrich school, the last day before closure - children in playground |
• | Thatched Cottage & children standing in the doorway & yard, Pentrich (postcard 1913) |
• | Residents of Pentrich village, outside Village Hall, Main Road, Pentrich (photo 2000) |

LANDSCAPES, AGRICULTURE, MILLS & MINES

• | 1673 Map, showing location of Pentrich in relation to nearby villages (illustration 1673) |
• | c.1884 Map, showing property & field boundaries within Pentrich village |
• | General view of Pentrich, from Pentrich fields (postcard c.1910) |
• | Letter-card sent by John Towlson of Eggerton Mills, Pentrich, re Pentrich benefice (1912) |
• | Pentrich Colliery, September 12th 1934 (Photo 1934) |
• | Pentrich Fields, looking towards Ripley (postcard c.1910) |
• | Pentrich Mill including vehicles outside, Pentrich (photo c.1950-60) |
• | Pentrich village from Asher Lane (photo 2001) |

PEOPLE & PERSONALITIES

• | Ambergate Railway Staff standing on platform, Ambergate Nr. Pentrich (postcard 1923) |
• | Berry, Sarah - Memorial Window inside St.Matthew’s Church (2005) |
• | Children standing in doorway of their Thatched Cottage, Pentrich (postcard 1913) |
• | Children posing for the camera, Main Road, Pentrich (postcard c.1904) |
• | Dannah, Samuel & Hannah - Memorial Window inside St.Matthew’s Church (2005) |
• | Eastview, Pentrich - incl. Upton family members (photo c.1952) |
• | Fletcher family photos - Jonathan Fletcher & his family (Old sepia photos) |
• | Girls beside Water Pump/Drinking Fountain, Main Road, Pentrich (photo c.1895) |
• | Girls beside Water Pump/Drinking Fountain, Main Road, Pentrich (enlarged photo c.1895) |
• | Grave digger or parish verger with his spade, in St. Matthew’s churchyard (photo c.1895) |
• | Jeremiah Brandreth, alias the Nottingham Captain (Illustration of his profile) |
• | Mary Filsell? & sons in doorway of Fryer’s cottage, Pentrich (sepia photo c.1910) |
• | Mary Filsell? & sons in doorway of Fryer’s cottage, Pentrich (b&w photo c.1910) |
• | Pentrich school & its children on the last day of school before permanent closure |
• | Residents of Pentrich village, outside Village Hall, Main Road, Pentrich (photo 2000) |
• | Rev. Frederick John Boston on motorised bike (enlarged area with Revd. Boston c.1950) |
• | Rev. Frederick John Boston on motorised bike (Complete Photo, c.1950) |
• | Rev. William Jellicorse Ledward (photo c.1874) |
• | St. Matthew’s Church exterior, incl grave digger or parish verger (photo c.1895) |
• | St. Matthew’s church from Main Road incl. local children, Pentrich (postcard c.1905) |

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS

• | Two pages of photos taken by David Townsend, during his visit to Pentrich in 2004 |
• | Photos include Dog Inn, Main Road, Churchyard, St. Matthews & Vicarage |

PENTRICH REVOLUTION & THE REVOLUTION HERITAGE TRAIL

• | Commemorative plaque Re: George Weightman, at Kiama, NSW, Australia (photo 2004) |
• | George Weightman’s plaque; presented to Ray Thorburn, of Kiama, NSW (photo 2001) |
• | Jeremiah Brandreth, alias the Nottingham Captain (illustration of his profile) |
• | Pentrich Revolution Heritage Trail - The Map (illustration) |
• | Pentrich Revolution Plaque for Asherfield Barn (photo 2001) |
• | Pentrich Revolution Map, showing route the revolutionaries took (illustration c.1817) |
• | Weightman descendants (in Australia) of convict George Weightman (photo 2004) |
• | Woodcut image of Revolutionary men being executed, contemporary image from 1817 |

MISCELLANEOUS IMAGES

• | Linda Townsend (nee Ledward), neice of Rev. William Jellicorse Ledward (photo c.1912) |
• | Prayer book of Hannah Walters’ (nee Cresswell), includes important family events (photos) |
• | George Weightman’s Australian descendants (photo 2004) |