Chesterfield

Chesterfield, a municipal borough in Derbyshire, on the Rother rivulet, 12½ miles SSE. of Sheffield by rail. All-Saints' Church (circa 1350) has a curious crooked spire, 228 feet high, and 6 feet off the perpendicular; in Trinity Church (1838) is buried George Stephenson. Other buildings are the town-hall (1857), the Stephenson memorial hall, and the grammar-school (1574; rebuilt 1846). There are manufactures of silk, lace, earthenware, and machinery; and the neighbourhood is rich in coal, iron, and other minerals. Brindley's Chesterfield Canal (1776) extends 46 miles to the Trent. Pop. (1851) 7101; (1881) 12,221; (1891) 13,242. See books by Yeatman (1885) and A. J. Foster (1896).