DERBYSHIRE HERITAGE

THE MATLOCK ELEPHANT
At Park Head Road, overlooking Hall Leys Park in Matlock is a mock Tudor building. On the gable end of the wall facing the park is a painting of a black elephant. Original this was a relief with the name NAMUNAH on it. This relates to the time when the building was the premises of Burgon's a high class grocery and provision store. Their Namunah trademark was the logo of an elephant.