English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

High Matlock, Little Matlock, Low Matlock

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Etymology

, 1841 O.S. , “ a place not inaptly named by its late proprietor Little Matlock , as it bears no mean resemblance to some parts of the beautiful valley of Matlock ” 1819Hlm 4 , v. Db 388 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name