Chesterfield and District Civic Society

Registered Charity number 507458

Author: Philip Cousins

  • Tour of Bolsover

    Tour of Bolsover

    We have a member tour of Bolsover (not including the castle) arranged for Wednesday 24 June. 10.00 start. There are still a few spaces available The tour should last approx 1.5 hours Interested – please email me on: borrellhm@yahoo.co.uk  See less

  • From Ruin to Revival: Regenerating Chesterfield’s Neglected Buildings: A Talk by James Middleton

    From Ruin to Revival: Regenerating Chesterfield’s Neglected Buildings: A Talk by James Middleton

    Our next guest speaker is James Middleton (hopefully with Tom Marriott) and you’ll be able to listen to him at St Thomas’ (The Suite), Brampton on Wednesday 20 May, 6.30 for 7pm start Historic property rescuers and lifelong friends James Middleton and Tom Marriott are giving back to their home town of Chesterfield by regenerating…

  • Historic Railway Site at Brampton          

    by Darrell Clark The Brampton branch of the Midland Railway not only served the businesses along Goytside, but also served the old gasworks.  A unique historical detail has been preserved near the road crossing on the Chatsworth Road, and on land across the road from Matalan,  between the Salvation Army charity shop and  the Bingo…

  • Talk by Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust

    David Young of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust will give a talk exploring the Trust’s recent work and forthcoming projects across Derbyshire. Tea and biscuits provided. Free for members£2 for guests Wednesday 18 February 7 for 7.30pm

  • Press release from the 5th November Investment Summit held at the Casa hotel

    Press release from the 5th November Investment Summit held at the Casa hotel

  • Website updates ‘In Progress’ for:- January 2025

    Our latest news – please click above on “LATEST POSTS” Hello everyone: it looks like we’re back in business (fingers crossed) as the new chap is – exactly that… NEW. But we hope to have normal programs resumed pretty quickly now. So please don’t give up on us as we’re a long way from either…

  • Hurst House sale

    Chesterfield and District Civic Society hope that the ‘sorry’ saga over the sale of Hurst House, Abercrombie Street, Chesterfield, might now be nearing closure, with the announcement of its sale by auction on 26 September.   The Grade II listed building, latterly used as an adult education centre, has been empty since 2014. The property…

  • Heritage Open Days 2024

    We have updated our Heritage Open Days (HODS) Page which you can view here. HODS events take place from 6-15 September 2024. Heritage Open Days (HODS) is England’s largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,000 local people and organisations, and thousands of volunteers. Every year in September thousands of people come together across England to celebrate…

  • Society’s reaction to recent planning and infrastructure statements

    Chesterfield and District Civic Society have expressed the need to exercise caution and to have some clarity over recent government announcements on mandatory housing targets and the scrapping of some infrastructure projects. This includes the potential cancellation of the  Chesterfield to Sheffield via Barrow Hill railway line restoration to passenger services scheme. Following the Deputy…

  • And then there were three!

    We have fitted our third plaque this month – a replacement for a formerly inaccurate one on North Midland House, Malkin Street, on the approach to Chesterfield railway station. Like our plaque on the Portland Hotel it’s been sponsored by East Midlands Railway Community Fund. The old plaque it replaced stated that North Midland House…