Digital hearing aids Chesterfield - Derbyshire digital hearing aids

Digital hearing aids Chesterfield - Derbyshire digital hearing aids

Chesterfield has a population of 71,000 and is situated just 24 miles North of Derby. Originally the area held an Iron Age fort, but this was replaced by a Roman site in around 70AD and it is on this site that the town now stands. During the Middle Ages the towns’ main industry was wool making and it also had an important leather industry. Chesterfield market was awarded its Market Charter in 1204 and these days it holds around 250 stalls, making it one of the largest open air markets in Britain. You’ll be sure to grab a bargain, even if you aren’t in the market for wool or leather! The Domesday Book records of 1086 show the town as being called ‘Cesterfield’, meaning ‘open field’, which perhaps suggests it has always been a successful market town.

If you prefer sport to retail therapy then why not watch a match at Chesterfield’s Proact Stadium? Home to Chesterfield F.C or ‘The Spireites’, the stadium holds 10,500 people and cost 13m to complete. The club gained its nickname  ‘The Spireites’ from Chesterfield’s world famous landmark the Crooked Spire which stands on top of the Church of St Mary and All Saints, a predominantly 14th C church. The spire stands 70m high and leans 2.89m South West, with the spiral twisting 45° West to East. Folklore has it that a blacksmith mis-shod the Devil who then leapt over the spire in pain, knocking it out of shape. More realistic theories suggest different reasons for the unique shape of the spire; the absence of skilled craftsmen, the use of unseasoned timber and insufficient cross bracing have all been put forward, although we prefer the Devil theory!

Football isn’t the only sport that the people of Chesterfield like to get involved with. Clayton’s of Chesterfield are a leading cricket ball manufacturer, supplying balls for test match cricket and famous sportsmen such as Thomas Gascoyne, Nigel Illingworth and John Lukic were born and raised in the town.

Match of the day!
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The town benefitted greatly from the building of the Chesterfield line that began in 1837 and provided transport links to London, Newcastle and Edinburgh among other places. George Stephenson, the ‘father of railways’ himself oversaw the project and liked the town so much he stayed in Tapton House until his death in 1848.

His body is interred under the altar at Holy Trinity Church and in 2006 a statue was erected in his honour outside Chesterfield Railway Station.

And a ram in a pomegranate tree!
Ok, so it’s not the traditional Christmas carol but Chesterfield’s crest really does depict a Derby ram and a pomegranate tree. The ram represents the towns’ location and the stylised pomegranate tree shows the towns’ loyalty to the crown. A mural crown in the centre of the crest declares the towns’ borough status and the cock bird and pynot, or magpie; represent those who met to conspire against James II at the Cock and Pynot Inn, now Revolution House, in 1688.

Chesterfield’s motto is ‘aspire’, a punning reference to its most famous landmark.

Fancy a pint?
Chesterfield boasts one of Britain’s oldest public houses, The Royal Oak, and the rest of the nightlife isn’t bad either! Noted for the variety and number of venues in a reasonably compact area the town has it all, from bars and restaurants to nightclubs and theatres.

In 2006 the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) hosted the first ever international gluten free beer festival as part of the towns’ regular beer festival.

And whether you want pop tunes or classical music the multi-purpose Winding Wheel is the place to be. This venue has hosted stars such as Bob Geldof, The Proclaimers and Patrick McGinness. The Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra also performs concerts here three times a year.

Famous faces of Chesterfield
• Steven Blakely – Heartbeat actor
• Pete Dodd & Jon Podgorski – members of 1980’s band ‘The Thompson Twins’
• Simon Groom – former Blue peter presenter
• Rik Makarem – Emmerdale actor
• Jason Statham – Hollywood star and former champion diver
• Mark Webber – guitarist in Pulp

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