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Cigarette Card – ‘Picturesque Villages // A series of 50 // 7 // Castleton, Derbys. // Nearest Town: // Chapel-en-le-Frith, 7 miles. // Nearest Station: // Hope, 1 ½ miles. // Castleton, delightfully situated in the centre of the Peak District, takes its name from the castle of Peveril of the Peak, the Norman adventurer, placed almost inaccessibly on a craggy height. This present keep was built in 1176. The village is also famous for its three caverns, the most celebrated of which is the Devil’s Hole, at the base of the rock on which the castle stands. The cave stretches nearly half- a-mile into the side of the hill, and consists of numerous large chambers connected by narrow, winding passages. // Issued by // Ogden’s // Branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co (of Great Britain & Ireland), Ltd.’., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Set of 50 cigarette cards in the series 'Picturesque Villages' issued by Ogden's in 1936. // One village per card, with a b+w photo on the front and a description on the back. // See separate sheet for full list. // Issued by Ogden's, a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. Ltd. // Dimensions // Each card 6.8 x 3.6 cm. // Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // References // See www. cigarettecards.co.uk', Collecting 20thc Rural Culture blog [Thursday, 18 February 2010] – 'Ogden's 'Picturesque Villages' cigarette card set, 1936 // This is the first in Ogden's fifty card series of Picturesque Villages. They run in alphabetical order of county, though the subject here, Coleshill, is now administratively part of Wiltshire rather than Berkshire. // There may or may not be deeper significance in the uneven spread of subjects across the country. Dorset, Gloucestershire and Yorkshire, for example, have three cards each whereas Sussex, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire have none, and the north west is hardly represented at all. // Looking at them all, a composite picture of the 1930s picturesque village would include plenty of cottages in the local vernacular style, the church, a village green or perhaps a market square, and a riverside scene with bridge. And almost no traffic. // The full list of subjects is: // 1. Coleshill, Berks. // Chenies, Bucks // 3. Pampisford, Cambs // 4. Morfa Nevin, Carn. // 5. Mousehole, Cornwall // 6. Polperro, Cornwall // 7. Castleton, Derbys // 8. Broad Hembury, Devon // 9. Clovelly, Devon // 10. Cerne Abbas, Dorset // 11. Corde Castle, Dorset //12. Milton Abbas, Dorset // 13. Finchingfield, Essex // 14. Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire // 15. Frampton-upon-Severn, Gloucestershire // 16. Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire // 17. Nether Wallop, Hampshire // 18. Wherwell, Hants // 19. Godshill, IOW // 20. Weobley, Herefordshire // 21. Aldbury, Herts // 22. Westmill, Herts // 23. Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire // 24. Chilham, Kent // 25. Otford, Kent // 26. Norning, Norfolk // 27. Upwell, Cambs & Norfolk // 28. Collyweston, Northamptonshire // 29. Wicken, Northants // 30. Bamburgh, Northumberland // 31. Blanchland, Northumberland // 32. Wroxton, Oxon // 33. Empingham, Rutland // 34. Dunster, Somerset // 35. Selworthy, Som // 36. Cavendish, Suffolk // 37. Kersey, Suffolk // 38. Shere, Surrey // 39. Marlcliff, Warwicks // 40. Lowther, Westmorland // 41. Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire // 42. Castle Combe, Wiltshire // 43. Lacock, Wilts // 44. Steeple Ashton, Wilts // 45. Broadway, Worcs // 46. Elmley Castle, Worcs // 47. Bishop Burton, Yorks // 48. Runswick Bay, Yorkshire // 49. Staithes, Yorks // 50. West Tanfield, Yorkshire'
