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  Chesterfield cannot be passed without seeing the church with the crooked spire. How did it happen?
It is supposed that at some unknown date the heat of the sun on green timber split one of the main supports. As a result it leans 2.6 metres south and 1.15 metres west.
While you are in the area you could visit the National Trust property of Stainsby Mill, which is just 9 miles south-east of Chesterfield. This mill is in working order and dates from the 19th century.

 

       

See also Chesterfield museum and art gallery. Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Industry, Land Transport, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History, Trade and Commerce And Revolution House. The Revolution House, in the Derbyshire village of Old Whittington, three miles north of Chesterfield, takes its name from the Revolution of 1688. Three hundred years ago, this cottage was an alehouse, the 'Cock and Pynot' ('Pynot' is a dialect word for magpie), and it was here, as history and tradition relate, that three local noblemen- the Earl of Devonshire (from nearby Chatsworth), the Earl of Danby and Mr. John D'Arcy - met to begin planning their part in events which led to the overthrow of King James II in favour of William and Mary of Orange.  The House is situated in the village of Old Whittington three miles north of Chesterfield.
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