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Holywell Street, showing Durrant House, - 1890. This was the home and surgery of Dr John Bluett, who is standing by the ladder. It is believed that the child on the bicycle was his son. Holywell Street is one of Chesterfield oldest street.

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Hollywell Street

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 1890’s,

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Holywell Street at the junction of Newbold Road and Sheffield Road. - 1900. The tower of Holy Trinity Church can be seen.

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1900

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A view of Holywell Street, looking towards Holywell Cross taken before the trams started running to Whittington Moor. In a small shop at the end of this street, Montague Burton first started trading in 1906.

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Holywell Street in the tram era around 1906. The large three storey building in the centre was built by William Glossop in 1888 and provided office for his business whilst the other half of the building was licensed as the ‘Victoria Hotel’ and leased to the Duncan Gilmour Brewery until 1937 when the licence was not renewed.

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The Volunteer Inn and Turf Tavern, Holywell Street. 1910.

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Holywell Street, around 1916. The building with the bay window was shared by Glossop’s solicitors firm and the Victoria Hotel. It was the site of the bay House Inn, later renamed the Woolpack. Next to the Victoria Hotel is the Exchange Inn, previously called the Hospital Inn.

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A view of the buildings on Holywell Street, 1930's..

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Holywell Street from Saltergate in 1930's.

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Holywell Street in the mid- 30’s, but before 1938 as evidenced by the trolley bus overheads. The street widening following the disappearance of the Turf Tavern is nearly completed. The building in the centre, known as Damm’s Corner after the fruit shop there for many years, divides the traffic between Saltergate and Holywell Cross. Next to it was Watts, the well known tripe shop and, beyond, the Shakespeare Inn.

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Hollywell Street in 1935, with a cleaview up Newbold Road and Holy Trinity on the right. This church was built in 1838 on a site donated by the Duke of Devonshire.

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The Picture House, as it was known until the Oscar Deutsch Co. acquired in the 1936 and, in 1938, changed its name to the Odeon. It first showed silent films in September 1923 (Buster Keaton The Playhouse) and taking movies from 1930 (Jack Buchanan in Paris). One of the pianists in the silent film days was Reginald Dixon of Blackpool Tower fame, who possibly learned to play the organ here. The last film shown was Escape from New York with Kent Russell in October 1981. Following purchase by the Corporation, it was last opened as The Winding Wheel.

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Odeon Cinema - 1937

 

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The junction of Saltergate and Holywell Street, - 1960. J. W. Damm’s fruit and vegetable shop was there before 1870, as was the Shakespeare where, it is said, was pulled the last pint of Brampton Ale in 1955.

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This photograph date from the 1960s and shows Holywell Street, looking in an easterly direction. All buildings on the right of the picture have been pulled down, cleared in the 1970s ? in the drive to modernise the town and improve local communications. The tall dark building is Glossop’s - built in 1888.

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Holywell Street, looking towards Newbold Road in the 1960. Devonshire Street is on the right, and the old Post House is just visible. -

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Holywell Street, coming up to the Post Office and Crooked Spire Chesterfield, in 1960's.

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About 1969

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1970

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1974

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1-3 Holywell Place, Holywell Street - 1976

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1980

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The Odeon Cinema after its closure. 1986. The building is new used as the Winding Wheel Conference Centre.

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Around about 1990.

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 1994

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View towards Museum Adjoining the Museum (former Library) is the Pomegranate Theatre. - 1999.

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Carters Bar (Holywell Street) - 1999

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2000.

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39A Holywell Street - 2004
(Part of same building as No 2 Devonshire Street qv). Early C19. Painted brick facade with moulded eaves and hipped slate roof. 3 storeys. 1 window, sssashes with glazing bars. Recessed modern shop front inserted behind former doorway.
Facade to Devonshire Street has a small shop window with small round arched door to south west of this. Corner building and part of terraced block.

39 and 41 Holywell Street - 2006
Late C18/early C19. Part of a terraced corner block with No 39A and No 2 Devonshire Street. Red brick facade with moulded evaves cornice and hipped slate roof. 3 storeys. 1 window each sashes with glazing bars and stuccoed lintels. Doors at outer sides of each facade with stuccoed gauged brick arches and stuccoed reveals with moulded impost bands and lintels. Radial fanlights with tracery. 8 panelled doors with raised and fielded panels.

Holywell car park dig - remains of 19th century almshouses (2019)

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Francis Firth photos

Stephenson Memorial Hall

Holywell Cross