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Chesterfield

Borough of Chesterfield
Town & Borough
View of Chesterfield from Old Brampton
View of Chesterfield from Old Brampton
Official logo of Borough of Chesterfield
Coat of Arms of the Borough Council
Shown within Derbyshire
Shown within Derbyshire
Coordinates: 53°14′N 1°25′W / 53.233°N 1.417°W / 53.233; -1.417
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region East Midlands
County Derbyshire
Founded 70–100 AD
Market Charter 1204
Borough status 1204/1594
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district
 • Local Authority Chesterfield Borough Council
 • MPs Natascha Engel, Toby Perkins
Population (mid-2014 est.)
 • Total 104,288 (Ranked 224th)
 • Ethnicity 94.9% White British
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
Postcode S40
ISO 3166-2 GB-DBY
ONS code 17UD (ONS)
E07000034 (GSS)
OS grid reference SK382711
Demonym Cestrefeldian
Website www.chesterfield.gov.uk

Chesterfield is a market town and a borough in Derbyshire, England. It lies 24 miles (39 km) north of Derby and 11 miles (18 km) south of Sheffield, at the confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. The borough – which includes the settlements of Whittington, Brimington and Staveley – had a population of 103,800 in 2011. Chesterfield is the second largest town in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, after the city of Derby.

Archaeology of the town traces its beginnings to the 1st century and the construction of a Roman fort, which became redundant and was abandoned once peace was achieved. Later an Anglo-Saxon village grew up on the site. The name Chesterfield derives from the Anglo-Saxon words caester (a Roman fort) and feld (grazing land).

Chesterfield received its market charter in 1204. It still has a moderately sized market of about 250 stalls on three days a week. The town sits on a large coalfield, which formed a major part of the area's economy until the 1980s. Little visual evidence of the mining industry remains today.

The town's best known landmark is the Church of St Mary and All Saints, popularly known as the "Crooked Spire", which was originally constructed in the 14th century.

Chesterfield was in the Hundred of Scarsdale. The town received its market charter in 1204 from King John. The charter constituted the town as a free borough, granting the burgesses of Chesterfield the same privileges as those of Nottingham and Derby. In 1266, it was the site of the Battle of Chesterfield, in which a band of rebellious barons were defeated by a royalist army.


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