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An 1823 tax assessment from this collection is available on DVD/515
Accession of May 2015: electoral register and street index, 2002
Accession of June 2015: deeds and charters of Chesterfield Borough, 1226-1663. These items have been digitised and can be viewed via the computers at the record office. All deeds are in Latin unless otherwise stated
34) Wakes Charter, 1294 (mounted);- Agreement with William Brewer, 1226;- 90) dated 22 Jun, 46 Edw III [1372], with partial seal;- 1) dated 12 May, 20 Edw IV [1480];- 15) Petition, dated 1 Dec, 9 Eliz [1566] - English;- 12) Letters patent, dated 28 Oct, 10 Hen IV [1408];- 35) Composition for Chesterfield, dated 3 Mar, 19 Edw IV [1481], some partial seals;- 92) Letters patent, dated 25 Sep, 16 Ric II [1392], with partial seal; woven seal tag;- 2) dated 13 Dec, 9 Eliz [1566], with partial seal;- 14) Letters patent, dated 28 Nov, 2 Edw VI [1548], with partial Great Seal; woven seal tag;- 91) Letters patent, dated 1 May, 4 Ric II [1381], with partial seal;- 93) ?Pardon, dated 4 Nov, 25 Hen ?VI [?1446], with partial seal;- 95) Faculty for seats in the parish church of Chesterfield for the Mayor and Aldermen and their wives, dated 1 Aug ?1621;- 18) Intrument for Regulating the Corporation, dated 25 Sep, 14 Char II [1663], with all seals surviving (John Freshville, George Vernon, Richard Coke, Charles Cotton, John Shallcross, Charles Agard, and Simon Degg;- Envelope containing broken pieces of seals;- Old wrapping reading 'Abstract of Title of Joseph Cecil [for] Tithes in the Parish of Dronfield [c1465]-1978
Accession, Dec 2015: Council minutes including minutes of various committees 1836-1994; official (verbatim) reports of proceedings of meetings 1953-1964; Education Committee minutes 1906-1919 (some gaps)
Accession, Aug 2016: civil defence records, 1937-1963 transferred from Chesterfield Library: Local Studies (some items are not generally available for public consultation - for interim list, see attached pdf)
Accession, Oct 2016: Chesterfield Corporation Record Books, 1646-1790, 1791-1836 (2 vols) - The latter is the final minute book
Accession, Apr 2017: Papers relating to the twinning link between Chesterfield and Yangquan [Shanxi province, China], including: A history of the link, 1994; newspaper cuttings, 1998; correspondence, Dec 1997 - Mar 1998; programme and flyer for a Celebration Concert, Mar 1998; programme for a performance by the Yangquan Cultural Group during the visit to Chesterfield, 26 Mar - 1 Apr 1998 [in Chinese]; timetable for Social Evening to welcome Yangquan delegation to Chesterfield, [1998]; 'Twinning News' issue no. 21, [1998]; draft programme for the Yangquan delegation, Feb 1998; sheet music for a song composed by the Yangquan delegation, entitled 'The Song of Frernd ship [Friendship]', [1998]; list of delegates from the Cultural Group of Yangquan, including names, sex, title and dates of birth, [1998 - not generally available for consultation]
Re-Accession, Oct 2017: Black & White photograph of George Albert Eastwood, J.P. [20th cent]
Accession, Apr 2018: Photograph of the Borough Councillors outside the Municipal Hall, Chesterfield [c1900]
Accession, Jun 2018 (1): Charter confirming the charter of Henry III, c.1465 [in Latin] (p44); Charter confirming to the burgesses the charters of Henry III, Edward IV and Henry VII, dated c.1512 [in Latin] (p54); Letters patent confirming the charter of Richard II, creating a guild in the Church of All Saints, Chesterfield [in Latin] [early 16th cent] (p133); Charter confirming privileges bestowed to Burgesses of Chesterfield, 1566/7 [in Latin] (p71); Elizabeth II - grant for the perpectual succession of the Burgesses of Chesterfield and the use of the coat of arms, 10 Nov 1955; Warrant confirming the Borough status of Chesterfield following the Local Government Act 1972, dated 27 Feb 1974; Patent of Arms for the Council of the Borough of Chesterfied, 12 Jun 1978; Translations of the older documents are all found in 'Records of the Borough of Chesterfield: Being a Series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corporation of Chesterfield, and of Other Repositories' by John Pym Yeatman Nabu Press (1 Jan. 2010) - page numbers in brackets
Accession, Jun 2018 (2): 'Lighting Bought Ledger (No.5)', 1915-1925, Watch and Light Committee Correspondence, 1897 - 1902 & 1902 - 1907
Accessions, Nov 2018:
Acts and Bye Laws, 1836-1927
Report of Committee on Local Government Bye-Laws, 22 Mar 1867
Chesterfield Corporation Act 1923:
- Lists of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers
- Maps of tramway & bus routes;
- electricity limits of supply;
- gas limits of supply;
- plan showing limits of supply - existing waterworks;
- plan showing differential water charges
Ministry of Health: Provisional Order Confirmation (Chesterfield Extension) Act, 1920
Act for repairing and widening the road from Gander Lane to Sheffield; and also the road branching out of that road at Mosborough Green to Clown 1779
Agreement, Chesterfield Corp to Midland Railway Co. re land at Brampton Wharf, 6 Jan 1905
Agreement for Transfer of contract to erect 16 houses on Gloucester Road Housing Site, 20 Dec 1921
Applications:
- for the diversion of a footpath on the south side of Hollis Land ("Hady Hill" near Spital Bridge) in connection with the formation of Clayton Street, Dec 1879
- for orders to divert certain footpaths in the Parish of Chesterfield, Apr 1921 - Apr 1923
- for stopping up certain footpaths in the Parish of Chesterfield, Apr 1924
- to Quarter Sessions for stopping up certain footpaths in the Parish of Chesterfield, 1902, 1905, 1910 and 1914 4
Assizes - briefs for prosecution (9 cases), Nov 1916, Non 1917, Jul 1918, Feb & Jun 1919
Assizes - briefs for prosecution (13 cases), Jun & Nov 1919, Feb 1920, Feb, Jun & Nov 1921
Assizes - briefs for prosecution, Nov 1921, Feb, Jun, Nov 1922, Feb & Nov 1923
Assizes - briefs for prosecution (5 cases) 1924
Burgess Rolls, 1920-1922, 1923-1924, 1926.1927-1928, 1929, 1930-1933
Case papers regarding disputes over the Sewage Scheme serving Chesterfield, Brampton, Newbold and Dunston, and Hasland 1880-1902
Cattle Market Committee - Alterations to Fairs 1906
Certificates of contract for the redemption of land tax relating to the Chesterfield Corporation and to the Chesterfield Gas & Water Board, 1909, 1911 and 1914
Papers re Charities in connection with Public Inquiry by the Charity Commissioners, 5 Apr 1898
Schedule of property belonging to Larges' Charity and the Earl of Devonshire's charities 1856-1864
Civil Actions - Arbitration papers: Urban Sanitory Authority for Chesterfield vs Brampton & Walton Local Board regarding the Chesterfield Sewage Scheme 1877-1886
Civil actions (a) High Court - Regina vs Justices of Chesterfield regarding the unlawful release of cattle 1884
Civil Actions - (a) High Court: Markham v Chesterfield Corp 1904
Civil Actions - (a) High Court: Glossop v Chesterfield Corp. May - Jul 1904
Coal Strike papers, 1920
Conveyance re piece of land in Chesterfield alongside the River Hipper, 15 Apr 1865
Conveyance Boro of Chesterfield to Chesterfield Gas and Water Board re land, including half of the bed of Holme Brook, in Chesterfield, 8 Nov 1904
Abstract of Title of Chesterfield Corporation re land Ashgate Road, Chesterfield, 1904
Leases re:
- The Corporation Theatre, Chesterfield, 31 Oct 1815, 5 Nov 1906
- Rooms at the Stephenson Memorial Hall, known as the Corporation Theatre Chesterfield, 12 Apr 1905, 8 November 1910 and 5 March 1913
- Extension of lease of carriage horse stable and Warehouse situated near Packers Row, Chesterfield, 21 Jan 1920
Deed varying the Lease of the Corporation Theatre Chesterfield, 13 Sep 1923
Declarations of Acceptance of Office 1885-1912
Elections:
- Expenses Declaration Books, 1884-1893, 1894-1904, 1904-1910
- Declarations of Acceptance of Office 1834-1884
Municipal Elections:
- Candidates Declarations of Expenses, May 1911–Nov 1920 & Nov 1920–Nov 1931
- Declarations of Acceptance of Office by Mayors, Aldermen, Councillors and elective Auditors, May 1912 – Nov 1920
Education:
- Education Committee: Year Books 1904-1905
- Chesterfield Municipal School of Arts & Crafts Prospectus 1921-1922;
- C. M. Tech & Evening Continuation Schools Prospectus 1912-1918;
- Derbyshire Education Comm directory 1898 & 1909;
- Town Clerk’s Report on Education Act 1902
Estate Agent’s Reports, 1927-1928
General Accounts of Town Council 1859-1865
Abstract of Audited Accounts of the Corporation and the Urban Sanitary Authority for years ending 25th Mar 1881-1883, 1885
Abstracts of accounts 1914, 1917, 1918
Proposed Basis of County Rate, 1924-1928
Food Control Office ledgers 1918
Food Supply Manual.
Gas Committee minute book, Dec 1908 – Oct 1920
Joint Hospital Committee:
- P 3 – Award of Arbitrators re adjustment of accounts of Chesterfield Hospital Committee and N. Derbyshire Hospital Committee 1902
- Parcel 8 - Joint Hospital Plans
- P 4 –Assorted papers 1917-1921
Housing Census, 1927 – summaries and notes
Inventory of charters, deeds, books, books of accounts and all documents and effects belonging to the Corporation of Chesterfield, reciting papers from 1293 to 1675 [1890s]
Chesterfield (Low Pavement area) Improvement Scheme, 1920: sealed map showing area of scheme, print of the Order
Private Street Works: Final Apportionments 1894-1901
Borehole reports
Chesterfield Borough Extension 1910 – Memorial to the Local Government Board
Proposed alteration of the Boundaries of Chesterfield Borough, 1919
Justices Declaration books, 1870-75, 1882-1902, 1905-
Register of Licences to sell Beer, Spirits and Liquor, 1872-1874
Explosives Act 1875: Register of Registered Premises, 27 Sep 1876 – 5 Nov 1914
Register of Hackney Carriage licences, 1887-1921
Register of Hackney Carriage licences, Oct 1907 – Aug 1913
Register of Margarine Dealers
Register of Petroleum Licences, 1878-1889
Register of Petroleum Licences, Aug 1889 – Aug 1913
Register of Petroleum Licences, Nov 1914 – Apr 1923
Local Inquiries: Briefs on behalf of Chesterfield Corporation, 1920-1921
Minutes of Borough of Chesterfield and of the Town Council and of Various Committees, Dec 1924 – Jul 1925, Oct 1925 (Loose)
Minutes of Chesterfield Town Council and various Committees 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
Chesterfield Corporation Minutes 1929-1930, 1930-1931
Minutes 1929-1930, 1932-1933, 1932-1933, 1933-1934, 1934-1935, 1934-1935, 1935-1936
Book of Mortgage forms under Chesterfield Corp. Market Act, 1873
Registers of Mortgages, Sep 1872 – Sep 1914, Sep 1872 – Feb 1915
Chesterfield Map No. 2, 1897-98, based on Ordnance Survey
Plans - Boythorpe Road; Park Road
Notices of improvements to Devonshire Street, Queen Street and Victoria Street, Jan - Oct 1877 and Aug 1886
Old Age Pensions Committee Minute books 1908-1937
Original orders of Poor Law Board; Inspectors Reports on Police Efficiency 1858-1867
Papers relating to the transfer of the Stephenson Memorial Hall to the Corporation.
Papers re prosecutions before Magistrates 1889, 1916-1919
Public Health Act 1875: Register of Owners & Proxies 1876-1886
Precept Book 1899-1915;
Quarter Sessions
- Briefs for prosecutions (17 cases), Apr 1887, Jan & Oct 1917, Apr & Jul 1918, Apr 1919, Jan, Jul & Oct 1920, Jan, Jul & Oct 1921
- Briefs for prosecution (11 cases), Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1922, Jan & Apr 1923
- Briefs for prosecution (11 cases), Jul & Oct 1923
- Briefs for prosecutions (5 cases), Apr & Jul 1924
Appeal - Milk Profiteering Case papers 1922
Appointments to Town Clerk: List of candidates, late 1930s
Certificate of Redemption of Land Tax
Annual Report of the Electrical Engineer, 1926-1930, 1932
Annual Report of the Gas Engineer, 1923-1931
Valuation of Tenant Right re Lodge Farm, Newbold Road, Chesterfield, 25 Mar 1922
Water Committee minutes, Oct 1917 – Nov 1934
Report of the Water Engineer, Water Department, 1925
Report of the Water Engineer, 1925
War Work:
- National Service papers, 1917
- Prisoners of War Fund Papers
- Schedules of Separation Allowances to Dependents of Soldiers & Sailors
Register of Belgian refugees forms, circulars, reports, etc., 1914-1918 [digital copy available]
Sanctions of Ministry of Health to Loans, 1890-1925
Papers re anticipated riot at Chesterfield, 1863; Fire Brigade, scale of charges when used outside Borough, Nov 1913
Burial Board:
- Financial statements 1911-1920
- Accounts of Receipts and Payments, 1913-1914
- Financial statements 1902-1911
- Inquiry re loan to layout Burial Ground, 1914
- Agreement for sale & purchase of land, 1913
- Approved plans of allocation, Boythorpe and Spital
- plans
Chesterfield Joint Committee papers, Jun 1931 – May 1934
Chesterfield Gas & Water Board:
- reports to committee 1907-1914
- reports to board meetings 1896-7 & 1904-22
- Specification for the construction and erection of a Reservoir Outlet Tower, 1907
Chesterfield Water Works & Gas Light Co. Report of Directors & Statement of Accounts Jun – Dec 1863
Chesterfield Waterworks & Gaslight Co. and Chesterfield & Bolsover Water Board:
- Award;
- Queens Printers’ copy of Act;
- receipt for purchase money
Chesterfield & Bolsover Water Acts, 1931-1932
Chesterfield & Bolsover Water Board:
- tenders for coal 1906-1910;
- Half yearly reports 1913-1916;
- Bryan’s Report re additional water supply 1912
Annual Report of the Chesterfield Borough Welfare Committee, 1922, 1924/25 – 1927/28
Chesterfield and Bolsover Water Act 1932
Brampton Award (Bound copy), 1831
Clay Cross Water Act 1899
Newbold Churchyard Extensions Statements of Receipts & Expenditure, 1886, 1898 & 1913
Newbold Rental statistics, early 20th cent
Newbold & Dunston Council Schools HM Inspectors’ reports
Release re a close in Newbold, 24 Mar 1835
Papers re Newbold Housing Estate
Staveley Award 1782
Staveley modernisation – Furley – High Court papers
Inception of Staveley Urban District Council, 1923
Whittington & Newbold UDC:
- Pawnbrokers Certificates, 1911-1920
- Licences to keep Petroleum, 1911-1920
- Slaughterhouse Licences, 1911-1920
Scarsdale Assessment Committee minutes 1932-1933
Unstone tithe documents
North Derbyshire Election (Extension) Spec Order Public Enquiry, Jul 1945
Accession, Jan 2019: Scarsdale Assessment Committee (S.A.C.) Minutes, 1933 etc.; Town Clerk’s Department minutes, 1930s/40s; Town Council and various committee minutes, c.1950s; Documents relating to various charities, including Brampton School, Chesterfield Grammar School and Chesterfield Municipal Charities; Council minutes, c.1960s; Documents relating to Overseers of the Poor; Appointment of Prints of Orders 1895-96; Print of County Council Order, 1906; Plans, 1913; Trolley Buses: Sessions, Plans & Sections, early 20th cent.; Plans for building works within the borough; Chesterfield Bill 1876; Reports to committees; Chesterfield Borough Extension. Order, 1910; Chesterfield Corporation Act, 1923; Documents regarding council committees and reports, c.1920s; Copy book of council correspondence
Accessions, Apr 2019: Burgess Rolls, 1835-1882 (digital copies available); Chesterfield Waterworks/Gaslight plans and maps 1873-c1940s; Civil Defence Index Cards, c1938-c1960s; Corporation Apprenticeship Register 1881-1830 giving name, (often signed themselves) age, father's name and occupation, master's name and occupation, arrangements for board, lodging, clothing, etc. This item was bound by Chesterfield Library with a printed index to the register
Box 216: Translations of the Charters of Chesterfield Borough, originals dated 1232-1540; Chesterfield Borough Cemeteries: Rules and regulations for Spital and Boythorpe cemeteries (printed) [1920s] and extracts from minutes, rules and regulations, fees, wage details, correspondence and other papers [early 20th cent]; Typescripts of Chesterfield Wills and Inventories 1604-1700, typescripts dated 1982; programme for the official opening of Unstone Sewage Disposal Works, 14 Jan 1939
Accession, Dec 2024:
Development plan for Walton, Chesterfield, Mar 1939 |