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This page is reserved for pictures of Old Whittington.

Photo from around 1890 showing the bottom of Whittington Hill, the Gas Works and the old railway line to Sheepbridge Works, courtesy of Chesterfield Library

2 pictures of Station Lane Old Whittington (Picture the Past)

Whittington Hall

Manor Farm (Picture the past)

Manor Syck Farm below photo submitted by Elizabeth Pemberton

Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald 4 September 1936

Broomhill Road date unknown                                                   (courtesy of Elizabeth Pemberton)

Fun in the snow Derbyshire Times January 6 1939 (BNA)

Harold Locke Butcher

The Blacksmiths shop High St

The Gas works Whittington Hill c1890

MARY SWANWICK SCHOOL COURTESY OF ANDREW JOHNSON

The ‘barm’ delivery man in Old Whittington

  (Derbyshire Courier 27 August 1910)

Corner of Church St with Church Lane to the right

St Bartholomews 1895 showing fire damage                                                                 (picture  VCH Derbyshire)

Revolution House 1920’s Old Chesterfield Pics

Whittington Hill early 1900 taken from T P Woods Almanac 1904

Engraving of Revolution House (1839) taken from The History of Chesterfield with particulars of the Hamlets contiguous to the Town, printed by  Whittaker and Co.

Railway crossing at the bottom of Whittington Hill

Blacking Mills picture taken from Derbyshire Times Chesterfield Herald 6 February 1932

Sketch of the Cock and Pynot Inn by Jacob Schnebbelie taken from the Gentlemans Magazine of 1910

Engraving of Whittington Church Fords History of Chesterfield (1839)

Samuel Pegge (1704-1796)  Rector of Old Whittington for 45 years taken from Derby Mercury 7th April 1796

Junction of High Street and Church Street before the War Memorial

The Revolution House when it was still a family home

Whittington Hill c1900

High Street c1900

Bulls Head top of Whittington Hill again c1900

(Pictures courtesy of Picture the Past)

Photo courtesy of Chesterfield Museum

Old Whittington War Memorial – The Unveiling and Dedication on February 20th 1921

(Picture from personal collection of L J Bell)

Wood View The Brushes c. early 1900?

The Brushes Infant and Junior School

Picture from the Laurence Knight collection courtesy of Chesterfield and District Local History Society

Picture from the Laurence Knight collection courtesy of Chesterfield and District Local History Society

Whittington House where the Swanwick family lived picture taken in 1960’s after the Swanwick family had left.  (Picture courtesy of Chris Merrick).