On this page you will find a list of all our blogs and when they were first published. All the blogs listed here are linked to the appropriate post.
Bolsover Coalite plant – 3 April 2024
Successful Wingerworth book launch – report – 2 March 2024
Wingerworth book (details about our VCH ‘spin-off ‘ book) – 8 February 2024
Spital Leper Hospital, Chesterfield: a short history – 14 January 2024
Wingerworth book on its way – 12 January 2024
Spital Mills, Chesterfield – a short history part 3 – 7 December 2023
Spital Mills, Chesterfield – a short history part 2 – 3 November 2023
Spital Mills, Chesterfield – a short history part 1 – 13 October 2023
Pop and see us at Ashover Artefact Day – 3 October 2023
Feet of Fines to be published – 19 September 2023
AGM talk focus on businesswomen in Georgian England – 12 September 2023
Bess of Hardwick – born between 13 February 1521 – 12 February 1522 – August 27, 2023
Found – a Gallimore’s almanack – July 12, 2023
Markham’s meal as out-going mayor – a lavish affair – June 27, 2023
Why this bit of London is in Derbyshire – David Mellor and his legacy – June 2, 2023
Who was the architect of Chesterfield Market Place Station? – May 15, 2023
A North Western centenary (bus service provider – North Western Road Car Company) – April 25, 2023
Who wrote Ford’s ‘History of Chesterfield’? – April 11, 2023
End of an era for 23 West Bars, Chesterfield – March 31, 2023
Penmore Hospital, Hasland – March 28, 2023
An early attempt at steel-making in Chesterfield? – March 13, 2023
Wingerworth and its Lido railway – March 1, 2023
The Oxcroft Settlement – January 19, 2023
Sit awhile and remember Fred Kitchen – January 10, 2023
Gas for commercial vehicles in the 1930s (an experiment led by the Chesterfield Tube Company described) – February 7, 2023
Marks & Spencers in Chesterfield – November 24, 2022
Chesterfield’s railway stations: a short history – November 18, 2022
Season’s greetings – December 22, 2022
New thoughts on Birdholme House’s history – December 16, 2022
New light on Wingerworth’s history at the National Archives – December 2, 2022
Shuttlewood school demolished – November 15, 2022
Hasland and Chesterfield books nearly sold out – November 7, 2022
Storforth Lane Hasland – from brickworks to industrial estate – November 4, 2022
Storforth Lane colliery, Hasland – October 26, 2022
AGM reviews successful year – October 8, 2022
James Wright to speak at our AGM on Saturday 1 October – September 28, 2022
From Ironworks to concrete – the later history of the Storforth Lane ironworks site – September 25, 2022
Passing of Her Majesty The Queen – September 9, 2022
The Broad Oaks and Wingerworth ironworks – August 24, 2022
A lost Hasland house – August 10, 2022
Ghostly figures shed light on women’s work at the pit – July 11, 2022
Seizing Derbyshire church goods in 1553 – new book to be published – July 5, 2022
What do we do – June 23, 2022
Successful Hasland book launch – June 16, 2022
You’re invited to our 15 June Hasland book launch – June 8, 2022
Our dedication – June 4, 2022
Spital House (a short history) – May 27, 2022
Diary date – family history fair – May 22, 2022
Eyres of Chesterfield’s sad demise – May 20, 2022
Hasland book launch date 15 June 2022 – May 9, 2022
Lost Chesterfield Industries – the Tube Works: part 2 – May 6, 2022
Lost Chesterfield Industries – the Tube Works: part 1 – April 29, 2022
Brambling House, Hasland: from home to hospital and beyond – April 15, 2022
Changes at Bolsover – April 1, 2022
Dunston Hall’s history in the spotlight – March 24, 2022
Hasland’s place name – March 17, 2022
Civic Society’s Plaque Marks Education Advances in Chesterfield – March 10, 2022
Hasland and its boundary – March 5, 2022
Why Hasland for our newest book? – March 3, 2022
Our Hasland book is on the way – February 24, 2022
Medieval Chesterfield’s chapels – February 7, 2022
Farming on the Hardwick Estate in the 1860s – January 10, 2022
Elder Way in a not-too-distant Christmas past – December 20, 2021
Full Circle? A short history of the Stephenson Memorial Hall, Chesterfield – December 12, 2021
Derbyshire Musters of 1638-9 published – December 9, 2021
How did Staveley develop? – December 1, 2021
An introduction to the Shambles, Chesterfield – November 24, 2021
Stainsby school in the news – but what is its history? – November 9, 2021
Water, Jam and locally produced histories – November 5, 2021
The Midland Fruit Preserving Co., Chesterfield – October 29, 2021
The Bolsover Home Grown Fruit Preserving Company – October 22, 2021
A brief look at Steetley Church – October 15, 2021
A brief look at Chesterfield Grammar School – October 9, 2021
Hulleys of Baslow reach their centenary (bus service operators) – October 2, 2021
We’re finding out more about the Foljambes in Chesterfield – September 25, 2021
Another brush with The HMI – Shuttlewood school’s early 20th century challenges – September 18, 2021
A brief history of Chesterfield’s markets – September 12, 2021
New book on the Chesterfield Brewery Company – August 26, 2021
Harsh comments for Barlborough School in the 19th century – August 14, 2021
A Chesterfield Mystery: ‘The Pump House’ – July 23, 2021
How your place got its name – July 17, 2021
Mustering up some family history sources – July 10, 2021
Clay Cross and ‘The Rocket’ – July 4, 2021
Barlborough and the Rodes family – June 26, 2021
County bridges in the spotlight – June 18, 2021
Chesterfield’s missing tribute to its famous adopted son (a missing statue to George Stephenson)- June 12, 2021
How to get involved – June 10, 2021
Violet Markham’s perhaps surprising views on her home town – June 6, 2021
Have you heard of Gallimore’s almanac? – May 28, 2021
Chesterfield’s old town hall revealed – May 22, 2021
Did the old Chesterfield Royal Hospital reuse Durrant Hall’s kitchens? – May 7, 2021
Bolsover – the Blackpool of the north midlands? (Bolsover illuminations) – April 30, 2021
The price of coal – April 24, 2021
Newbold (Chesterfield) draft text now available – April 16, 2021
Pilkington’s 1789 Chesterfield in a ‘very flourishing state’ – April 11, 2021
Get involved – April 7, 2021
Don’t overlook those old company magazines – April 3, 2021
Bolsover baths – March 26, 2021
England’s Past for Everyone 2008 launch at Bolsover remembered – March 19, 2021
Our approach to digital media – March 15, 2021
TP Wood’s Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Almanac – March 15, 2021
The Angel Hotel, Market Place, Chesterfield – March 10, 2021
Brampton draft updated – March 1, 2021
What’s an angel doing in Saltergate? (The Angel Hotel and yard, Chesterfield) – February 21, 2021
New Bolsover and Newcastle’s famous department store – February 13, 2021
Whittington – the start of our draft text postings – February 2, 2021
Chesterfield Bowling Green – January 26, 2021
Hasland Locomotive Sheds – January 18, 2021
Shuttlewood schools complex – January 10, 2021
Bess of Hardwick (her date of birth) – January 5, 2021
Page last updated 04 April 2024.