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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Second plaque marks Portland Hotel and former station
Chesterfield and District Civic Society’s second plaque to be unveiled in July marks the Portland Hotel and the adjacent, but 1973 demolished, Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway Station. The latest in the society’s blue plaque series was unveiled on 23 July by Wetherspoon’s area manager Joe Argyle, with the society’s chairman Howard Borrell. The…
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Latest plaque marks origin of walking football in town
The civic society’s latest blue plaque marks the birthplace of organised walking football – at Chesterfield Football Club’s stadium. The blue plaque was unveiled in a ceremony at the SMH Group Stadium on Wednesday 17 July 2024. The plaque is situated on the exterior of the East Stand, near the Chesterfield FC Community Trust’s facility…
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Busy July for society’s blue plaques scheme
July will be a busy month for the society’s blue plaque scheme, with two new plaques to be unveiled alongside the fitting of one replacement. The first plaque will be unveiled at Chesterfield Football Club – commemorating the origin of walking football. It’s very kindly sponsored by the club’s community trust. Two further plaques…
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Views expressed on new powers to help combat empty high street shops
Our Chairman, Howard Borrell, has contributed to an article in the Derbyshire Times, which looks at the possible opportunities and downsides of a new power for local authorities, designed to combat high street vacancies. High Street Rental Auctions is designed to help them to take control of empty properties, renting them out to local businesses.…
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Society committee visits Dunston Hall
The society have previously expressed its concern about various aspects of recent works at Dunston Hall, but have been reassured following a visit to the premises made in late April. The committee saw at first hand the considerable and high quality work that has been carried out on the grade II listed house itself, into…
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