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John Poyser © "SK3972 : Tapton Grove Brook"

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Chesterfield

TitleChesterfield

CountyDerbyshire

CoordinatesLat : 53.25 Lon : -1.4166667

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Description Incorrect Description? Tell Us!Chesterfield is a historic market town and local government district in Derbyshire, a county in England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Including Staveley, the population (2001) is 100,879, although the town itself is 70,260. It is Derbyshire's largest town, although the county town of Derbyshire is Matlock in the Derbyshire Dales.
Around 250,000 people live in the immediate area nearby including Dronfield, Bolsover, Staveley, Shirebrook and Clay Cross. It is located at on the A61, fairly close to the M1 (via the A617 to junction 29).

It received its market charter in the year 1204 from King John and around two hundred and fifty stalls can still be found in the town centre every Monday, Friday and Saturday.

Chesterfield benefited greatly from the building of the Chesterfield Line - part of the Derby to Leeds railway (North Midland Line), which was begun in 1837 by George Stephenson. During its construction, a sizeable seam of coal was discovered during the construction of the Clay Cross Tunnel. This and the local ironstone were promptly 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, and remained there until his death in 1848. He is interred in Trinity Church. In 2006, a statue of Stephenson was erected outside Chesterfield railway station.

Chesterfield is perhaps best known for the "Crooked Spire" of its Church of Saint Mary and All Saints and is why the local football team is known as The Spireites. The spire is both twisted and leaning, twisting 45 degrees and leaning 9 feet 6 inches from its true centre. The leaning characteristic is believed to be the result of the absence of skilled craftsmen (the Black Death had been gone only twelve years prior to the spire's completion), insufficient cross-bracing, and the use of unseasoned timber. There have been other explanations: One is that the spire was so shocked to learn of the marriage of a virgin in the church that it bent down to get a closer look. Should this happen again, it is said that the spire will straighten and return to its true position. Another is that a Bolsover blacksmith mis-shod the Devil, who leaped over the spire in pain, knocking it out of shape.

A new landmark is being erected on the outskirts of the town - the Solar Pyramid, which will be built by the side of the M1 at Poolsbrook.

Chesterfield's current boundaries date from April 1, 1974, when under the Local Government Act 1972, Chesterfield took in the urban district of Staveley and the parish of Brimington from Chesterfield Rural District.

Chesterfield is the location for the headquarters of the local newspaper, the Derbyshire Times.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Chesterfield"

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Local Campsites

Top Farm is 7.3 Miles away
Packhorse Farm is 8.03 Miles away
Shardaroba Caravan Park is 8.41 Miles away
LickPenny Caravan Park is 8.64 Miles away

Local Tourist Attractions

Hardwick Old Hall is 7.48 Miles away
Chatsworth House is 8.23 Miles away
King Edwards Swimming Pool is 9.31 Miles away
Matlock Lido is 9.53 Miles away
Sutton In Ashfield Swimming Pools is 10.74 Miles away
Heights Of Abraham is 10.86 Miles away
Wingfield Manor is 11.7 Miles away
Oakwood Swimming Pool is 11.9 Miles away
Water Meadows is 11.91 Miles away
Wingfield Swimming Pool is 13.87 Miles away

Local Golf Courses

Chesterfield Golf Club is 2.56 Miles away
Grassmoor Golf Club is 3.11 Miles away
Stanedge Golf Club is 4.93 Miles away
Abbeydale Golf Club is 6.47 Miles away
Beauchief Golf Club is 6.96 Miles away
Matlock Golf Club is 8.09 Miles away
Bakewell Golf Club is 10.54 Miles away
Alfreton Golf Club is 10.55 Miles away
Phoenix Golf Club is 11.21 Miles away
Coxmoor Golf Club is 12.35 Miles away

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