| Description | This collection contains material which is unlisted. Please see summaries below and interim lists attached. If you wish to enquire or view any material that is unlisted please provide the full description as it appears in the catalogue as there are no document reference numbers for these items.
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: various minutes, legal papers and other records, 19th-20th century, including Register of Belgian refugees, with forms, circulars, reports, etc., 1914-1918
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 |