Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Chesterfield
Town
Clockwise from top: Chesterfield Knifesmithgate with the Crooked Spire, Town Hall, Scenery, Crooked Spire Parish Church and Market Hall.
Chesterfield is located in Derbyshire
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Location within Derbyshire
Area24.32 km2 (9.39 sq mi)
Population76,402 (2021 Census)[1]
• Density3,142/km2 (8,140/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSK384712
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the town
List
Post townChesterfield
Postcode districtS40-S45
Dialling code01246
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.chesterfield.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°14′11″N 1°25′45″W / 53.23633°N 1.4292058°W / 53.23633; -1.4292058

Chesterfield is a market and industrial town in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England.[2] It is 24 miles (39 km) north of Derby and 11 miles (18 km) south of Sheffield at the confluence of the Rivers Rother and Hipper. In 2011, the built-up-area subdivision had a population of 88,483,[3] making it the second-largest settlement in Derbyshire, after Derby. The wider Borough of Chesterfield had a population of 103,569 in the 2021 Census.[4] In 2021, the town itself had a population of 76,402.[1]

It has been traced to a transitory Roman fort of the 1st century CE.[5] The name of the later Anglo-Saxon village comes from the Old English ceaster (Roman fort) and feld (pasture).[6][7] It has a sizeable street market three days a week.[8] The town sits on an old coalfield, but little visual evidence of mining remains since the closure of the final town centre mine nicknamed “The Green Room”. The main landmark is the crooked spire of the Church of St Mary and All Saints.

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  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chesterfield" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 111.
  3. ^ "Chesterfield". City Population De. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Chesterfield (District, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Chesterfield Roman Fort". English Heritage. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Chesterfield History". Tim Lambert. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  7. ^ The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Victor Watts, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  8. ^ "Visit Chesterfield". Chesterfield Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.