Matlock is situated in Derbyshire, on the edge of the Peak District National Park, about 20 miles north of Derby. Until the 1830's Matlock was a hamlet whose principal industry was agriculture with lead mining and quarrying as subsidiary activities., however John Smedley, born 1803, established Hydrotherapy in Matlock and made it one of the most celebrated centres for the treatment of ailments with water therapy, in the country!
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