Chesterfield & District Local History SocietyIn this post we take a look at a largely and perhaps surprisingly unmarked event – the great changes to local government across England and Wales which occurred on 1 April 1974. We’ll focus particularly on the Chesterfield area. The pattern of local government Until April 1974 the pattern of local government in England had […]
Our latest Cestrefeld Journal (number 9) has just been published. It contains the usual varied content (see front cover photo below) and it’s priced at £6 (£3 for members) for 38 pages. You can pick up a copy at our meetings or contact us on how to obtain a copy by post – secretary@cadlhs.org.uk.
In this post we highlight the end of an era for coal by rail through Chesterfield which occurred in late June 2024. In a September 2023 post we highlighted the probable end of the transportation of coal for power generation along the Midland Mainline. Now that has actually occurred, with a journey from Doncaster to […]
Our Chairman David McPhie writes. Last year I did an illustrated talk for CADLHS on ‘100 Years of Chesterfield Music,’ but quite seriously over-ran my allotted time span, covering the early Dance Band years of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, the Queens Park Hotel Folk Clubs during both Roger Buck and Graham Blankley’s eras, my […]
Chesterfield Archaeology day, on Saturday 31 January 2026, included a presentation from John Thomas of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services about the recent (and still ongoing) excavations at Rykneld Square, near Chesterfield Parish Church. We thought it might be useful to give a quick update on what was discussed. John started by giving some […]
We’ve said goodbye to our old meeting venue at St Thomas and are moving to a new venue – the Olde House – from our March meeting. Unfortunately we’ve been double booked all year by St Thomas Church Centre so are having to move to the well-known Olde House public house and hotel, Loundsley Green […]