Retro: 31 incredible photos capture places and buildings from the past in Derbyshire and the Peak District - including Chesterfield House, Riber Castle, Chatsworth and the former home of Florence Nightingale

By Julia Rodgerson

Published 6th Nov 2024, 14:26 GMT

This incredible collection of pictures from the past show how buildings and places across Derbyshire have changed.

Photos include town centres scenes and impressive historic buildings – some of which no longer exist.

Pictures include Ripley Market Place in 1906, showing the Town Hall and the old Post Office.

Historic buildings such as Bolsover Castle, Eyam Hall and Lea Hurst, the country manor on the estate of William Edward Nightingale, the father of nurse and medical reformer Florence Nightingale.

Town Hall, Chesterfield, 1960s. View across New Square buildings to Shentall Gardens and the Town Hall. (Photo by NEMPR Picture the Past/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

1. Chesterfield

Town Hall, Chesterfield, 1960s. View across New Square buildings to Shentall Gardens and the Town Hall. (Photo by NEMPR Picture the Past/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Photo: Heritage Images

Circa 1930: The high street in Belper. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

2. Belper

Circa 1930: The high street in Belper. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) Photo: Fox Photos

Derwent Hall in 1939. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

3. Derwent Hall

Derwent Hall in 1939. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) Photo: Fox Photos

The Mansion, Ashbourne, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924-1926. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

4. Ashbourne

The Mansion, Ashbourne, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume I, 1924-1926. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images) Photo: Print Collector

Derbyshire Peak District Chatsworth

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