68-587: Boythorpe is a small suburb to the south-west of Chesterfield town centre in Derbyshire , England. It also borders Birdholme to its east, and Walton to its west. The area mainly consists of social housing, although Chesterfield's cricket ground is within the largest park, Queens' Park , which is located in Boythorpe on the edge of the town centre. Boythorpe has a large secondary school, Parkside Community School , which serves students aged 11–16, located on
136-720: A churchwarden for 25 years, built Alma House which stood in extensive parklands. The house was surrounded by railings and flat roof of indeterminate date. He was responsible developer of Clay Cross pits until 1850, and then the Alma Colliery in North Wingfield , after the Crimean War . Springfield House was built by the Clay Cross Company for engineer William Howe by the company. He was the resident from 1866 until his death in 1872. An even earlier event
204-524: A company bowling green with a clubhouse. A Mechanics Institute was opened which was handed over to the Clay Lane Urban Districts School Board in 1893. The Board's Senior School for Boys was opened in 1884, converted to a junior school in the 1930s and still teaches in 2015. During the late Victorian era middle class villa style houses were also built in a new part of the town. Colliery owner Thomas Houldsworth , also
272-674: A dual carriageway bypassing Clay Cross and Tupton before joining the A617 near Hasland, heading North West to Horns Bridge . Tupton Hall School is in Tupton and located about one mile to the north of Clay Cross. Previously Clay Cross had a secondary school located in Market Street, and a junior school located off High Street. The junior and infant schools were merged and moved to a new purpose built complex on Pilsley Road Danesmoor and renamed Sharley Park Community Primary School. The site of
340-525: A further dispute with NALGO . Ultimately, the dispute became moot with the replacement of Clay Cross Urban District Council with the North East Derbyshire District Council from 1 April 1974. The councillors were made bankrupt in 1975. A book on the dispute between the council and the government, The Story of Clay Cross , was written by one of the councillors, David Skinner and the journalist Julia Langdon . The book
408-500: A modern sawmill at Halfway , near Sheffield. The former sawmill has been demolished, and is now a mixed residential and commercial development called Chesterfield Waterside. There is a Morrisons on the junction of Chatsworth Road (A619) and Walton Road (A632), a Sainsburys on Rother Way (A619 for Staveley), and a Tesco Extra on the junction of the A619 and A61 (known locally as Tesco Roundabout ). The Institute of Business Advisers
476-438: A new supermarket, new bus station and new relief road. The second phase of this is due to start which will see a new parade of shops plus a new medical centre. Eventually the site of the former junior and infant schools which is located in the town centre will be redeveloped. M1 motorway junction 29 is five miles away. The nearest railway stations are Chesterfield (6 miles) and Alfreton . Clay Cross station closed as part of
544-524: A population of 112,664 at the 2021 Census, this included the town of Chesterfield along with its surrounding suburbs and the outlying villages and towns of Wingerworth , Staveley , Cutthorpe and Holymoorside . Chesterfield is part of the Chesterfield constituency ; the Member of Parliament (MP) is Toby Perkins (Labour). The local council for Chesterfield is Chesterfield Borough Council. Since
612-522: A sizeable street market three days a week. The town sits on an old coalfield , but little visual evidence of mining remains since the closure of the final town centre mine nicknamed “The Green Room”. The main landmark is the crooked spire of the Church of St Mary and All Saints . Chesterfield was in the Hundred of Scarsdale. The town received its market charter in 1204 from King John , which constituted
680-633: A spire was added. The Rev. Joseph Oldham and his wife, Emma were the first conscientious incumbents. Her brother was radical designer and founder of the Arts and Crafts movement , William Morris . Morris was commissioned to install a saintly stained glass window. Other places of worship in Clay Cross are: Parkhouse Colliery Memorial in Danesmoor Cemetery stands today as testament to a disaster. In November 1882 an underground explosion brought
748-574: A two-tier structure. At the upper tier of services such as consumer protection, education, main roads and social services is provided by Derbyshire County Council . At the lower tier, housing, planning, refuse collection and burial grounds are provided by Chesterfield Borough Council. There are two civil parishes in the borough, Brimington and Staveley. Derbyshire County Council has 64 county councillors and Chesterfield Borough Council 40 local councillors, both elected every four years. The borough council uses armorial bearings originally granted to
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#1732801063821816-569: Is a Post Office Ltd building in the town at West Bars called Future Walk. Formerly this was Chetwynd House, now demolished and replaced by the new building. The town centre of Chesterfield has retained much of its pre-war plan. Chesterfield Market is one of the largest open-air markets in Britain, the stalls sitting either side of the Market Hall. In the middle of town, a collection of narrow medieval streets makes up The Shambles, which houses
884-844: Is based on Queen Street North. Chesterfield Royal Hospital is on the A632 towards Calow and Bolsover . It has the only accident and emergency department in Derbyshire outside Derby. The Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Branch of the RSPCA is located in the town, and serves the North East Derbyshire area. The Royal Mail 's Pensions Service Centre is near the town in Boythorpe Road, in Rowland Hill House, which also serves other administrative functions. There
952-666: The A61 , with a dual carriageway from the town centre right into Sheffield. The A617 links to Mansfield , the A619 provides an entry point to the Peak District (eventually joining the A6 near Bakewell ) and the A632 connects Bolsover with Matlock . The M1 motorway passes Chesterfield to the east, at a distance of 6 miles (9.7 km) to junction 29a. Three junctions provide access to
1020-572: The Beeching cuts in 1967. In 2017, a Stagecoach in Chesterfield bus connecting Clay Cross to Chesterfield railway station was introduced. A passenger railway line runs in a tunnel under the town without stopping. There has been talk of providing a motorway spur to the town in the past. To ease chronic congestion on the A61, which has seen traffic grow by 10% in the past few years, there is talk of
1088-554: The Emley Moor TV transmitter , BBC East Midlands and ITV Central can also be received from the Waltham TV transmitter. The town is served by both BBC Radio Sheffield and BBC Radio Derby . Other radio stations including Greatest Hits Radio North Derbyshire , and Chesterfield Radio, a community based radio station that broadcast from Chesterfield . The Derbyshire Times is the weekly local newspaper that serves
1156-520: The Emley Moor TV transmitter and local TV transmitter situated north of the town. Clay Cross Clay Cross is a town and a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire , England. It is a former industrial and mining town, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Chesterfield . It is directly on the A61 . Surrounding settlements include North Wingfield , Tupton , Pilsley and Ashover . The High Street
1224-598: The Local Government Act 1972 by amalgamating the municipal borough of Chesterfield , the urban district of Staveley and the parish of Brimington from Chesterfield Rural District . Chesterfield benefitted much from the building of the Chesterfield Line – part of the Derby to Leeds railway (North Midland Line) begun in 1837 by George Stephenson . During the work, a sizeable seam of coal
1292-770: The Local Government Act 1972 . In the 1970s the council achieved brief notoriety due to its refusal to implement the Housing Finance Act 1972 in increasing the rents of council housing : by law the rents should have increased by £1 a week from October 1972. The council was one of several to show defiance against the Act and of three to be ordered to comply by the Department of the Environment in November 1972 (the others being Eccles and Halstead ). Clay Cross UDC
1360-712: The Pennines . It is sometimes described as the "Gateway to the Peak ", with the Peak District National Park to the west of the town. Nearby areas of the South and West Yorkshire Green Belt can serve to block urban sprawl . Other local greenfield frameworks include "strategic gaps" to maintain the openness and landscape qualities of large open areas, and "green wedges" penetrating urban areas with recreational facilities. The wider Chesterfield Urban Area had
1428-553: The Royal Oak , one of Britain's oldest pubs. Near Holywell Cross is what was (until 2013) Chesterfield's largest department store, the Co-operative or Co-op. The main building opened in 1938, and now occupies the majority of Elder Way, including an enclosed bridge, and part of Knifesmithgate . Here the façade is in the mock-Tudor style fashionable in the 1930s, which still dominates the north side of Knifesmithgate. In 2001,
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#17328010638211496-642: The Sheffield City Region Combined Authority , which was due to receive devolved powers. Derbyshire County Council opposed this and sought legal advice. In June 2017 Chesterfield Council withdrew its application, but is now non-constituent partner. Chesterfield lies at the confluence of the River Rother and River Hipper at the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield , in the eastern foothills of
1564-574: The 1980s but delayed for economic reasons. A multi-storey car park on Beetwell St was added under the revised plan. The area lies between the Pavements Centre and markets and the crooked spire. Nightlife is centred mainly in the Church Way, Holywell Street and Corporation Street areas. The Brampton Mile, west of the town centre is known for the number of public houses on a 1 mile (1.6 km) stretch of Chatsworth Road. In February 2006,
1632-898: The Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra. The "Pomegranate Theatre", formerly the Chesterfield Civic Theatre and previously the Stephenson Memorial Theatre, is a listed Victorian building in what is now known as the Stephenson Memorial Hall . It has an auditorium that seats about 500 people. Shows are given throughout the year. Also in the Stephenson Memorial Hall is the Chesterfield Museum , opened in 1994. Until 1984 it
1700-459: The Chesterfield and District Co-operative Society was incorporated into a larger regional Midlands Co-operative Society Limited, now the biggest independent retail society in the UK. Owing to a decline in retail sales, the large home and fashion Co-op department store closed at the end of July 2013, The area has had some redevelopment with a Premier Inn and retail stores now open. In the late 1970s
1768-464: The Clay Cross tunnel dug in 1837–38. Whilst tunnelling over a mile underground they discovered vast quantities of commercial grade coal. Clay Cross became a boom town. The 'Liverpool Party' of Stephenson engineers formed the Clay Cross Company in 1839 which they funded from their considerable resources. As well as sinking a number of shafts with colliery support, there were coke oven works, brickworks, limeworks, irons furnaces and foundry. The ductile pipe
1836-664: The GCR loop into Chesterfield and the LD&;ECR passing both on a 700 feet (210 m) viaduct. Horns Bridge has been redeveloped since the last two railways closed. Horns Bridge roundabout on the A61 Derby Road and A617 Lordsmill Street now occupies the site. The viaduct was demolished in the 1970s. Chesterfield tramway system was built in 1882 and closed in 1927. The main taxi ranks are in Elder Way, Knifesmithgate and outside
1904-460: The Peaks. Clay Cross is situated at the highest point on the line 361 feet above sea level, when it opened in 1840. A narrow gauge line transported coal up the incline to the works. Another mile north along the 'Black Path' was Clay Cross railway station , between the halts at Tupton and Hepthorne Lane . The Anglican church of St Bartholomew had been built and consecrated in 1851. Six years later
1972-549: The area between Low Pavement (in the Market Square) and New Beetwell Street was redeveloped to build "The Pavements" Shopping Centre, known by some as The Precinct. The existing buildings were demolished except for the façades on Lower Pavement. The shopping centre was opened in November 1981 by the Prince and Princess of Wales . It has entrances opposite Chesterfield Market and escalators leading down to New Beetwell St and
2040-536: The borough was reshaped under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 . It originally consisted only of the township of Chesterfield but absorbed some surrounding townships in 1892. There was a major extension when the borough absorbed New Whittington and Newbold urban district in 1920. Chesterfield's current boundaries date from 1 April 1974, when the Borough of Chesterfield was formed under
2108-527: The built-up-area subdivision had a population of 88,483, making it the second-largest settlement in Derbyshire, after Derby. The wider Borough of Chesterfield had a population of 103,569 in the 2021 Census. In 2021, the town itself had a population of 76,402. It has been traced to a transitory Roman fort of the 1st century CE. The name of the later Anglo-Saxon village comes from the Old English ceaster (Roman fort) and feld (pasture). It has
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2176-566: The bus station. An enclosed bridge links the site to a multi-storey car park built at the same time, adjacent to the town's coach station. Chesterfield's multi-storey library stands just outside The Pavements in New Beetwell St. The building was opened in 1985. In annual figures compiled by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy it ranked fifth in the UK for number of loans in 2008, rising one place on
2244-639: The case to the High Court. Clydebank and Cumbernauld abandoned similar actions in March 1973. The surcharge was upheld by the High Court on 30 July 1973, which also added a further £2,000 legal costs to their bill, as well as barring them from public office for five years. The council further defied authority (the Pay Board ) in August, when they decided to increase council workers' earnings. This provoked
2312-478: The cessation of coal mining, the economy around Chesterfield has undergone major change. The employment base has moved from the primary and secondary sectors towards the tertiary. The area sits on an old, large coalfield which had many collieries, including those in outlying areas which were historically part of Chesterfield Rural District : Clay Cross , Arkwright Town , Bolsover , Grassmoor , North Wingfield and Holmewood . Between 1981 and 2002, 15,000 jobs in
2380-412: The coal industry were lost and all collieries closed, although open cast mining took place at Arkwright Town for a few years from November 1993. Many mine sites were restored by a contractor for Derbyshire County Council. Little evidence of mining remains. A cyclists' and walkers' route, the "Five Pits Trail", links some former mines; most are now indistinguishable from the surrounding countryside. In
2448-485: The collapse of the pit shaft causing the death of 45 men and boys. Many of their families lived in company housing at Pleasant Row, Chapel Row, Cellar Row and Gaffers Row. Also known as Egstow Terrace, this last street was built in 1846, was considered of better average quality housing. The Clay Cross Pioneer Industrial Co-operative Society's first shop was opened on the corner of the High Street and Market Street. It
2516-463: The crown, as it had been a royal badge used by Katherine of Aragon , Henry VIII and Mary Tudor . The crest depicts a Derby Ram , representing the county of Derbyshire, and a mural crown , suggestive of a town wall and thus borough status. The supporters represent the Cock and Pynot Inn , Old Whittington . The now Cock and Magpie Inn (53°16'13.1"N 1°25'34.3"W) is next to Revolution House , which
2584-453: The dexter side a Cock and on the sinister side a Pynot or Magpie proper each Ducally gorged Or The shield is based on the borough's ancient common seal, believed to date from the earlier 16th century. The seal depicts a stylised pomegranate tree. When the arms were formally granted, the College of Arms expressed the view that the plant had been adopted by the town as a symbol of loyalty to
2652-494: The district's main thoroughfare, Hunloke Avenue. This Derbyshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chesterfield, Derbyshire Chesterfield is a market and industrial town in the county of Derbyshire , England. It is 24 miles (39 km) north of Derby and 11 miles (18 km) south of Sheffield at the confluence of the Rivers Rother and Hipper . In 2011,
2720-504: The first international gluten free beer festival was held in Chesterfield. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) hosted the event as part of its regular beer festival in the town. The Winding Wheel, hitherto an Odeon Cinema , is a venue for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, dinners, family parties, dances, banquets, wedding receptions, meetings, product launches and lectures. Past notable performers include Bob Geldof , The Proclaimers and Paddy McGuinness . It also hosts performances of
2788-523: The former schools has been cleared and is awaiting development. The secondary school was closed in 1969 and transferred to Tupton Hall as part of the Government's drive to comprehensive education, it is now one of the largest with around 2,000 pupils, including a sixth form centre. Clay Cross Secondary School was converted to an adult education centre. Local TV coverage is provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from
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2856-475: The largest being at Sheepbridge. Business located on the estate includes SIG plc subsidiary Warren Insulations, Franke Sisons Ltd (founded in 1784 in Sheffield and among the first to manufacture stainless steel kitchen sinks in the 1930s), Rhodes Group and Chesterfield Felt. Between the A61 and Brimington Road, there is a 40-acre (160,000 m ) development site resulting from Arnold Laver relocating to
2924-530: The name of the Clay Cross Company. In 1871 the Jackson family acquired 100% of the stocks and shares. They continued as owners until 1974. For many years, the company was the town's major employer. In 1985 Biwater took it over. In December 2000 Biwater sold the site to French company, Saint-Gobain . Some months later, it was closed down with the loss of around 750 jobs. Demolition of the vast Biwater site began in late 2008, and new houses and shops are appearing in
2992-565: The previous borough corporation by letters patent dated 10 November 1955. The blazon of the arms is as follows: Gules a Device representing a Pomegranate Tree as depicted on the ancient Common Seal of the Borough the tree leaved and eradicated proper flowered and fructed Or and for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours Issuant from a Mural Crown Gules Masoned Or a Mount Vert thereon a Derby Ram passant guardant proper. Supporters : On
3060-560: The previous year. The area beside the library was redeveloped, but retains the old narrow passageways while accommodating small shop units and offices. On 27 June 2007, the Somerfield store in the Precinct was gutted in a fire in which the roof collapsed, a few shoppers suffering minor injuries. The fire reportedly started after a welding torch being used to repair flood damage had been left ignited. It started at 13:10 on 27 June and
3128-405: The railway station. Chesterfield taxis are recognisably black with distinctive white bonnets and boots. The nearest licensed airfield is Netherthorpe Aerodrome , near Worksop in Nottinghamshire , but has only 553 metres of grass runway. Air passengers may use East Midlands , Leeds Bradford , Manchester and Birmingham airports, all within two hours by road. The Chesterfield Canal linked
3196-575: The site is now host to a Tesco supermarket and the Proact Stadium , the home of Chesterfield Football Club . GKN closed its factory and the site is being turned into a business park. Other companies have downsized sharply. Robinson's, makers of paper-based packaging, divested its health-care interests, which led to a marked fall in the workforce and facilities in Chesterfield. Trebor , once based on Brimington Road near Chesterfield railway station , merged with Bassetts sweets of Sheffield,
3264-565: The site of the old bus station; it is served by Stagecoach and National Express coaches . Routes connect the town with Bradford, Leeds, Leicester, London and Sheffield. Chesterfield railway station lies on the Midland Main Line . It is served by three train operating companies : Chesterfield once had two other railway stations: The railways crossed each other at Horns Bridge , the Midland Main Line passing over
3332-454: The town as a free borough , granting the burgesses of Chesterfield the privileges of those of Nottingham and Derby . In 1266, the Battle of Chesterfield saw a band of rebel barons defeated by a royalist army. Elizabeth I granted a charter in either 1594 or 1598, creating a corporation of a mayor, six aldermen, six brethren, and twelve capital burgesses. This remained its charter until
3400-448: The town to a national network of waterways through the 19th century. Overtaken by rail and then road for freight transport, it fell into disuse, but has been partially restored since the mid-20th century for leisure use. However, the section through Chesterfield remains isolated from the rest of the waterway network. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from
3468-546: The town with almost all its energy needs in gas and electricity. The largest house Clay Cross Hall was built in 1845 for the company's General Manager Charles Binns . Stephenson's workers' houses were of high quality for their time, having four rooms compared to the normal two. By 1850 there were three chapels, a church and an institute - but no constable. One such construction of 1847 was the Wesleyan Chapel in use until at least 1900 on Holmgate Road. They also provided
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#17328010638213536-503: The town, large factories and major employers have disappeared or relocated. Markham & Co. manufactured tunnel boring machines such as the one used for the Channel Tunnel . It was bought out by Norway's Kvaerner and later merged with Sheffield-based Davy. Its factory on Hollis Lane is now a housing estate ; the former offices were turned into flats and serviced office suites. Dema Glass's factory near Lockoford Lane closed;
3604-681: The town. In 1925 the Ashover Light Railway was opened to transport minerals from the quarries at Ashover Butts to the Clay Cross Company at Egstow . The passenger services on the narrow gauge line were closed in 1936 and the mineral traffic ceased in 1950. In 1840 the Stephensons built Eldon House as its office headquarters, which latterly was converted into a private dwelling-house. The Stephensons also built more than 400 miners' cottages. In addition they set up elementary schools and consecrated new churches. The company provided
3672-669: The town. Sharley Park Leisure Centre, on the A6175, Market Street, has swimming, gym and sports hall facilities. Five football clubs from the town, all now extinct, have competed in the FA Cup over the years - The town's current team, the third to be called Clay Cross Town , play in the Central Midlands Football League , and played in the FA Vase for the first time in 2016. In the 2011 census, Clay Cross
3740-488: The town: Stagecoach East Midlands and Stagecoach Yorkshire are the predominant bus operators in Chesterfield; others include Hulleys of Baslow , Trent Barton and TM Travel . Buses stop in several areas around the town centre, rather than at a central bus station. The Stagecoach depot at Stonegravels is notable for its size and many vehicles stored there are not in regular use; it was Chesterfield Corporation's bus depot. Chesterfield coach station opened in 2005, on
3808-450: Was Hill House built by 1833 it was purchased by the North Midland Railway Company in 1837 as an office for resident engineer Frederick Swanwick . When the tunnel was completed, Swanwick left town, but the house was passed to engineers James Campbell and William Howe, and by the 1860s, Dr. Wilson, the local medical practitioner was in residence. The North Midland Railway tunnel sank nine ventilator shafts through which smoke wafted across
3876-565: Was a small village known as Clay Lane, but increasing demand for coal and other minerals trebled the population by 1840 , the oldest building being the George and Dragon Inn. While driving the tunnel for the North Midland Railway , George Stephenson discovered both coal and iron, which together with the demand for limestone, caused him to move into Tapton Hall, near Chesterfield, and set up business as George Stephenson and Co. A map of 1833 showed Thanet Street and Clay Lane. The railway 'mania' of 1840s witnessed expansion northwards facilitated by
3944-412: Was an early member of the Co-operative Movement founded in Rochdale by John Bright that spread rapidly across the North of England . The Co-operative Society archives say that the Clay Cross Pioneer Industrial Society merged with the Chesterfield & District Co-operative Society in 1915. The town was an urban district until 1974, when it was merged into the North East Derbyshire district under
4012-415: Was built over a pre-dating Roman road , that may have been called Rykneild Street, where a tollhouse (1786-1876) was situated. The discovery of coal in the area introduced the village to the Industrial Revolution . Packhorses at first transported the 'blackgold' over the Peaks on a turnpike road opened in 1756 between the iron foundries of Derby and Sheffield . Until the early 19th century, Clay Cross
4080-429: Was developed into an internationally sold product, making Clay Cross renowned for its iron and coal industry worldwide. Although the company had been formed to mine coal and manufacture coke from the railway, the supplies from Durham were preferred, and the works turned to iron working and brick making. When Stephenson died in 1848 his son, Robert , took over, leaving the company in 1852 when it became formally known by
4148-446: Was discovered while the Clay Cross Tunnel was constructed. This and the local ironstone were exploited by Stephenson, who set up a company in Clay Cross to trade in the minerals. During his time in Chesterfield, Stephenson lived at Tapton House , remaining there until his death in 1848. He is interred in Trinity Church. A statue of him was erected outside Chesterfield railway station in 2006. Local government in Chesterfield has
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#17328010638214216-402: Was later taken over by Cadbury and relocated to a modern unit at Holmewood business park. The earlier factory site is now developed as part of a mixed residential and commercial site. Manufacturing employment has fallen by a third since 1991, though the proportion of employees in manufacturing is still above the national average. Today, smaller firms are found on several industrial estates,
4284-506: Was not extinguished until 23:30 that day. After the fire, Somerfield decided to cease trading in Chesterfield. The unit re-opened in September 2008 as a Tesco Metro store. Vicar Lane was redeveloped in 2000 as a pedestrianised open-air shopping centre creating two new shopping streets. This meant demolishing almost all of the existing buildings, including a Woolworths branch and a small bus station. It now includes major chains such as H&M and Iceland. The development had been planned in
4352-423: Was prominently displayed for many years and nicknamed Isaiah by local critics, as it resembled a crude human face with one eye higher than the other ("eye's 'igher"). The work was due to be sold in 2005, but reprieved as a work of national significance. Other artworks of note include A System of Support and Balance by Paul Lewthwaite , outside Chesterfield Magistrates' Court. The town is bisected north-south by
4420-445: Was published by Spokesman Books in 1974. Clay Cross has a large modern business park called Coney Green Business Park and is located between Egstow and Danesmoor. There is a community hospital on the A6175 Market Street . Danesmoor Industrial Estate close to the former site of the Parkhouse Colliery. The town's library is on Holmgate Road . Clay Cross town centre is currently undergoing a £22m redevelopment which has so far included
4488-401: Was the site of a meeting between conspirators against James II in 1688. Among those meeting there were the Earl of Danby and Devonshire , marked by ducal crowns round the supporters' necks. The two birds stand on a compartment of rocks and moorland. The motto is "Aspire", a punning reference to the crooked spire of the parish church. In March 2016 the borough council began a bid to join
4556-406: Was threatened with an audit in December 1972. The constituency Labour party barred the eleven councillors from its list of approved candidates. The District Auditor ordered the eleven Labour Party councillors to pay a surcharge of £635 each in January 1973, finding them 'guilty of negligence and misconduct'. Conisbrough UDC faced a similar audit on 19 January 1973. The UDC made an appeal in
4624-425: Was used as the town's main library. The museum is owned by Chesterfield Borough Council, as are the Winding Wheel and the Pomegranate Theatre. The box office for both venues is located in the entrance area of the theatre. The Royal Mail building, Future Walk, in West Bars, was once the site of Chetwynd House, referred to locally as the AGD. Here a work by sculptor Barbara Hepworth Curved Reclining Form or Rosewall
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