Buxton Online Archives 12 | Deveonshire House | Opera House | Bottles

Archives XII

The Devonshire House - 1953

The Devonshire House, (the boarders), at Buxton College (sadly now long gone) in 1953.

Picture courtesy of Geoffrey Young.

Opera House, Buxton - Spring 2006

Old Horseshoe Inn

These two photographs that were taken just recently, show the Horseshoe Inn, a long since closed public house that stands on Fairfield Road, Buxton, opposite the short row of shops and lay-by.

The stained glass window above the door is the only clue left to remind us of its name.

Note that this has been built in sandstone, and also the French style pinnacle with the huge sandstone ball finial at its apex.

Rectification (Sept. 2006) : The door and window shown here have now been removed.

A Bygone Era : The Whaley Bridge Cooperative Society

Fine tiled door stoop on Bridge Street Buxton

Historic notes regarding a selection of Buxton's early Mineral Water and Wine Companies.

During the latter part of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, a number of mineral water companies sold their local wares from the town of Buxton.

The bottles used, came in an assortment of shapes and sizes and frequently had raised lettering depicting company ownership, as shown here with the Tebb's Mineral Water Company, a fine example of a flat-bottomed 'Hamilton' in aqua glass.

This example also displays an emblem, which in this case is a stag.

The Tebb's Mineral Water Co was situated on Rock Terrace, off Bath Road, Buxton.

Tebbs Bottle

Codd Bottle	Paul's Ginger Beer	Philip Blades Wine Merchant Buxton
The Buxton Mineral Water Company, still operating today, had originally sold their drinks in what were commonly known as Codd bottles, patented by Hiram Codd in 1872. The example here is in aqua glass. The bottle's fizzy contents were held tightly secured inside, by using a glass marble which was forced under pressure against a washer in the rim of the bottle. The BMWC had their premises on George street, Buxton, before moving to Station Approach where they are today.	Another interesting bottle found locally some years ago, is this dark green Paul's 'Ginger Beer' bottle. This example has a more modern screw top to secure the contents and keep it fresh. The date of this item, judging by the type of glass, is believed to be circa 1900-10. Most of those in the know about old bottles will have recognized that Ginger Beer was normally sold in 'Stone' bottles and not glass. This is an interesting variation on the theme.	During the Victorian Era, Buxton streets had a great many Public Houses and Wine Merchants, not only to serve the local inhabitants, but also the town's tourists and travellers. The dark green example shown here is from Philip Blades Wine Merchant Buxton. This bottle has what is known as an applied top, where the top of the bottle is applied after the bottle has been blown. A cork held the contents in place. Many local companies issued bottles of the type shown here.