Chesterfield and District Civic Society

Registered Charity number 507458

Tag: Chesterfield train station

  • Plaque update – Portland plaque gets OK

    We are delighted to have received approval from J.D. Wetherspoon, as owners of the Portland Hotel, to install a plaque to commemorate both the hotel and the adjoining Market Place station of the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. The Portland served in part as refreshment rooms for the new station. This will join a…

  • Plaques progress

    There’s progress to report the Civic Society’s blue plaque scheme – one new to be installed shortly, with a replacement also planned. A new plaque – for the Winding Wheel The new plaque will be installed on the Winding Wheel, in February. It commemorates the building’s origins and current use – now a popular entertainment…