Derbyshire

Old Photos & Film Of Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Once an important part of the industrial midlands, the large market town of Chesterfield sits near the Peak District National Park and retains many of its historic buildings.

Derbyshire: Local History Resources

260 people died of bubonic plague in the village of Eyam, Derbyshire in the 1660s. But it was the decision of villagers to quarantine themselves that saved all the communities around them and placed Eyam firmly in the history books.