Peter Townsend and Adam Wilby have created a lovely circular walk using parts of two long-distance trails. THIS MONTH’S WALK utilises two relatively new long-distance paths that can be combined to create…
What’s in a name? Quite a lot if that name is Heathcote – as Fiona Stubbs discovers. THE Heathcote name is strongly rooted in Chesterfield’s history. From early leaders of the town…
UNSPOILED is a word often used to describe the village of Youlgrave, beside the River Bradford, and with good reason, writes Patrick Coleman. Placing photographs taken in 2018 alongside those taken a…
Teacher Esther Rackham moved from Bristol to Chesterfield with her family a few years ago – and has fallen in love with the Peak District, including its ‘alien-looking’ millstones! THERE are some places…
The antics of a Derbyshire cricketer threatened the relationship between two nations, as John Stone reports. DONALD CARR played cricket for Derbyshire with great distinction between 1946 and 1962, serving the county…
Lots of places claim to be the centre of England and of Great Britain – including one in Derbyshire – as Barrie Farnsworth explains. SO, where exactly is the dead centre of England?…
David Nightingale reports on the remarkable, medal-winning bravery of a Chesterfield soldier exactly 100 years ago – and a local church’s unique link to the British Expeditionary Force in World War One.…
Retired doctor John Spencer looks at how vulnerable young children were exploited in some Peakland mills. IN 1808 William Blake, the famous English poet, despaired over the plight of working class people…
