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Pub
names of Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire This article has been written with CAMRA’s Community Pubs Week in mind, and focuses on what happens when we (i.e. the punters, the publicans and the planners) are less than careful with our community pubs: they close and the pub’s name is lost. The
following names can no longer be found in our area: King of Hearts : This pub - situated on Moorfield Avenue, Bolsover - opened on 4th February 1956 but survived less than forty years. It was subsequently known as Cromwells, before closing in May 1994. Mallet & Chisel : Listed in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, this popular and thriving free house on Hillside, Whitwell closed without consultation in August 2003. It never re-opened and in summer 2004 Bolsover Council granted planning permission for conversion to a private dwelling - despite objections from local residents and Chesterfield & District CAMRA. The name was probably a reference to the tools used by a stone mason - maybe an earlier landlord had links with this profession.
Poplar (pictured) : Named after a nearby house, which has several specimen trees in its garden, this Old Whittington pub closed in 2003 and is now a private house. Racecourse Tavern : Derived from the former Chesterfield racecourse, which encircled Whittington Moor until the 1920s, it is believed to be the only pub in the UK with this name. On Stand Road - a reference to the course grandstand - which runs parallel to the line of the track, the pub closed in late 2003 and is now the S41 resource centre.
Willows/Crab Tree (pictured) : Situated at Smedley Street, Matlock and closing circa 2003, the pub was known as the Crab Tree Inn until the early 1990s. It was then refurbished and someone felt that a name change would give it a new image, apparently. Jim McIntosh This webpage was last updated on Sunday, 07 October 2007 |
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Pig
of Lead : This imposing three-storey building and
former pub is located on the outskirts of Bonsall, where
‘Clatterway’ leaves the A5012 (better known as Via
Gellia). The name was inspired by the local lead mining
industry - 'Pig' being a term for an oblong mass of
unpurified metal, obtained in the smelting process. The
pub closed in 1995 and it is now a private house,
although the lintel above the door is still engraved
with the old pub name.
Three
Fishes : Located at Stretton and formerly known as
the Turbutt Arms (after the Lords of the Manor), the pub
closed in 2000 and the building now earns its keep as a
children’s nursery. The name is derived from the coat of
arms of the Turbutt family, which consists of three
silver turbots (flatfish).