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- 4 photos on Dronfield appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Dronfield
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Grandfather James Duckett 1901
Just starting a family history according to the 1901 census My grandparents James and Mary Duckett lived at 37 Sheffield Rd, Dronfield with their children Richard, Dennis and Frances. My mother Mary Duckett was born in 1907 in Dronfield. I remember her telling me she had a long walk to school or was it church? jJmes Duckett came from Ireland and the family was Catholic.
Contributed by Barbara White
Derbyshire memories
Grandfather James Duckett 1901
Just starting a family history according to the 1901 census My grandparents James and Mary Duckett lived at 37 Sheffield Rd, Dronfield with their children Richard, Dennis and Frances. My mother Mary Duckett was born in 1907 in Dronfield. I remember her telling me she had a long walk to school or was it church? jJmes Duckett came from Ireland and the family was Catholic.
A memory of Dronfield contributed by Barbara White
Eckington Parish Church
I grew up in Eckington in the 1950s and 1960s. My father, Emerson, and his father, John Henry, were coal merchants in the village. My father was a member of many church activities in his youth as well as being a brass bandsman (euphonium) of high repute. My grandfather was a conductor of Eckington Silver Prize Band. Emerson joined the church choir. As a result of this, my brother John and I joined the choir and Scouts attached to the church under the leadership of Reverend Stanley Branson. John became the church organist for a while and then, at the age of 15yrs, I took over the post when John went to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music. ...read more here
A memory of Eckington contributed by Peter Argyle
Is there a Joseph Littlewood in Eckington?
I am desperate to find the last piece of my family tree. I need to know relatives of Joseph Littlewood born 1840, married to Harriet. One of their daugters was Ellen my Great Grandma.
A memory of Eckington contributed by Enid Green
Extracts From Dronfield & Derbyshire books
This photograph shows the old Midland Railway station. It closed to passenger traffic on 2 January 1967 and to
goods traffic a few months later, though some private sidings continued in use until June 1969.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".
In the 19th century the town’s industrial base boasted Samuel Lucas & Sons, ironfounders, spade, shovel and
spindle manufacturers; George Ward & Co, who were spindle manufacturers for the worsted, cotton, flax and silk
industries; scythe and sickle makers; a chemical works and a corn mill.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".
The War Memorial and
White Swan Inn c1965
In the 1850s the locals’ thirst could be
quenched in the township’s six inns
and taverns; the Blue Posts, the Coach
and Horses, the Green Dragon, the
Greyhound Inn, the Horse and Jockey,
the Red Lion and the White Swan.
There were also four beerhouses run by
Charles Fisher, Charles Frith, George
Goodwin and Matthew Lowe.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".
Dronfield parish once consisted of the townships of Dronfield, Dore, Coal Aston, Holmesfield, Unstone, Little
Barlow and Totley. Dronfield township’s population was 2469 in 1851 and had risen to 5169 by 1881 owing to the
expansion of the local iron industry.
An extract from from"Chesterfield Photographic Memories".
A solitary soldier from the First World War stands sentinel on Dronfield's simple war memorial in the main street, opposite the White Swan public house (the licensee in 1965 was Alfred Edward Greeves). Dronfield lies midway between Chesterfield and Sheffield, and has developed as a commuter town for both.
An extract from from"Derbyshire Revisited Photographic Memories".