Chesterfield
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Chesterfield books (9 available)
Buxton Town and City Memories
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Derbyshire Photographic Memories
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Peak District Photographic Memories
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Chesterfield memories
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Vacation
I was on vacation with my parents and we were travelling around Bed & Breakfast this year. And one of the places we stopped off at was Chesterfield. I remember the Crooked Spire of Chesterfield Church. I have never forgotten this church, as a young girl I was fascinated by the spire being crooked.
Contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
Shopping with Mum
I know the picture very well, as I have a copy of this on my wall. My Mother purchased this copy about 20 years ago and I brought it back to Australia with me on my father's death. He had been Group Chief Confectioner/Director at Trebor sweet company.
The reason this photo is of so much interest to the family is that my Mum, Grandma and me are in the picture! I'm the little girl holding a bunch of flowers! aged 10, my mother is beside me facing away from the camera and my grandmother is further back on the right wearing the dark hat.
Interesting that we have become part of Chesterfield's photographic history!
...read more here
Contributed by Julia Banks
Derbyshire memories
Vacation
I was on vacation with my parents and we were travelling around Bed & Breakfast this year. And one of the places we stopped off at was Chesterfield. I remember the Crooked Spire of Chesterfield Church. I have never forgotten this church, as a young girl I was fascinated by the spire being crooked.
A memory of Chesterfield contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
Shopping with Mum
I know the picture very well, as I have a copy of this on my wall. My Mother purchased this copy about 20 years ago and I brought it back to Australia with me on my father's death. He had been Group Chief Confectioner/Director at Trebor sweet company.
The reason this photo is of so much interest to the family is that my Mum, Grandma and me are in the picture! I'm the little girl holding a bunch of flowers! aged 10, my mother is beside me facing away from the camera and my grandmother is further back on the right wearing the dark hat.
Interesting that we have become part of Chesterfield's photographic history!
...read more here
A memory of Chesterfield contributed by Julia Banks
Extracts From Chesterfield & Derbyshire books
This is a general view of Chesterfield, Derbyshire's second largest town, from the east. Prominent in the middle distance is the Midland Railway Company's station, recently completely re-built and modernised, and beyond that rise the tower of the Town Hall and the famous twisted spire of the parish church.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
We are looking along Chesterfield's High Street from the cobbled Market Place - a scene little changed today. Horses and carts no longer park outside the Wheatsheaf public house, however; but the spire of the parish church can still be seen in the background at the end of Burlington Street, which like the High Street is now pedestrianised.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
Another view of Chesterfield's sloping Market Place. The Italianate, red brick Market Hall with its imposing clock tower was built in 1857, and still forms the centrepiece of the town's lively regular outdoor market.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
Chesterfield's most famous icon is the twisted spire of its parish church of St Mary and All Saints. The twisting is thought to have been caused through the use of unseasoned timbers when it was built at the end of the 13th century. This view from the north shows a group of Edwardian children gazing quizzically at the camera.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
This distant view was taken from the north of the linear
village of Darley Dale, which spreads along the A6
north of Matlock on the road to Bakewell. Riber Castle
can be seen on the distant horizon to the left.
An extract from from"Matlock Photographic Memories".