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printing works of Charles Yates, Esq., " overhang 

 the Tor " on three aspects, east, south, and west, 

 through which, after its conflux with the stream 

 flowing down from the Kinder, " the Goit " pui"- 

 sues its course. This ravine, from its sylvan 

 beauty, the stately timber which adorned its 

 brows, was named " Little Matlock," and the 

 view from the residence southward was oiie of 

 great beauty and extent and variety of scenery. 

 On its right, the Wirksmoor Wood, extending 

 over a number of acres, spread itself widely from 

 north to south, and was first invaded by the pas- 

 sage of the Peak Forest Canal through it ; and in 

 a few years after it was felled to the ground en 

 masse, with the exception of two remnants which 

 still remain at each extremity of it, by the father 

 of the present " Francis Joddrell, of Yeardsley, 

 Esq., his youngest son surviving," and the large 

 extent of acreage which it once covered has for 

 many years past been occupied as meadow and 

 pasture land, and has continued to furnish sites 

 for mills and dwelling-houses, railways and rail- 

 way-stations, canal wharfs and warehouses, and 

 a straight and broad turnpike-road affording an 

 approach to all of these. 



