CHESTERFIELD PUBS: The Daniel O'Connell to Dyson's Vaults

RED PUBS are closed
GREEN PUBS are open but have had their names changed
BLUE PUBS are still open

DANIEL O'CONNELL; South Place, Chesterfield.
Named after an MP, lawyer and tireless campaigner for Catholic rights who was active in the first half of the nineteenth century. The name thus reflects the Irish roots of many of the inhabitants of the “Dog Kennels” area in which it stood. Became "The Old Lock Up."

DERBY TUP, The; 387 Sheffield Road, Whittington Moor.
Formerly The Brunswick Hotel. A fine conversion: certainly the first and probably the best "proper pub" in the borough. When all there was was keg Mansfield, the Tup was an oasis, and drew a regular clientele from all over the borough and beyond. The developers – one might almost call them “restorers” – knew what they were doing, keeping the Brunswick’s snug separate from the public bar and another room beyond that, and installing heavy wooden tables and old pews. The open fire gave the place instant character. People came for the ale, though. Regular hand-pulled beer, with many “guests” saw to it that the place was usually heaving with punters keen to try stuff that they could only normally get by travelling to the locality in which it was brewed.
With more places now offering proper beer The Tup has become less of a cathedral and more of a place to include on a Sheffield Road pubcrawl. That can’t be a bad thing. Various changes in management have not changed the place’s ethos and it continues to deserve a place in the Pantheon of Chesterfield boozers.

DEVONSHIRE ARMS, the; Holywell Street, Chesterfield.
This pub stood by the junction of Holywell Street and Newbold Road. In the days before railways it was an important despatching point for goods on the Chesterfield Canal. Kenning's acquired and demolished the pub by January 1960 and built a garage that was, in its turn, succeeded by a Jet petrol station in the 1990s. The entrance to this petrol station cuts through the pub's site.

DEVONSHIRE ARMS (or INN), The; High Street, Staveley.
Stood broadly opposite the Elm Tree; the site was cleared for a 1960s Kwik Save supermarket.

DEVONSHIRE ARMS, the; 38 Mansfield Road, Hasland.

DEVONSHIRE HOTEL, the; 17 Occupation Road, Newbold Moor.

DOG & GUN, the; near Brown's Yard, Chesterfield.
Disappeared in the "Dog Kennel" clearances of the early 20th century.

DOG & RABBIT, the; Glumangate, Chesterfield.
A previous name of the Cavendish Hotel

DONKEY DERBY; Sheffield Road, Stonegravels.
Built around 1997 as one of those great non-sequitirs, “The Traditional Family Pub.” They should be quids in when the football club moves in next door!

DOUBLE TOP; Inkersall Green Road, Inkersall.

DOUGLAS ROBSON; Elder Court, Chesterfield.
Former premises of Harry Fish, the furrier. A good opportunity to turn a fine building into a great pub was wasted and this place can't seem to make up its mind whether it is a pub for adults or another kids' town centre binge-bar. Became "Evolution" in 2003 and is now "The Courtyard."

DUCKMANTON HOTEL, The; Tom Lane, Duckmanton.
I Think this one has gone: I'll have to get in the car and have a look.

DUNSTON INN, the; Dunston Lane, Dunston.

DURHAM OX; Irongate, Chesterfield.
Closed in 1920, redevelopment has made it nigh on impossible to tour The Shambles and pick out this one, although the Irongate address places it in the vicinity of the Royal Oak.

DURHAM OX, the; Chatsworth Road, Brampton.
This one closed in the late 50s but, happily, the building still stands east of the Esso garage and opposite The Alma. One of its post-pub manifestations was as a halfway house for folks coming out of chokey.

DURRANT ARMS, The; Durrant Road, Chesterfield.


Closed as long ago as the 1930s, the site remained derelict for years. Although it is difficult to pin down exactly, the site is somewhere in the vicinity of the office block round the corner from the Old Post restraunt. The old photo above, kindly provided by the local museum service, shows a view of the yard at the back of the pub. That's the best I can do at the moment!

DUSTY MILLER, The; High Street, New Whittington.


Closed during the 1920s, a pub of the same name opened in a different location in New Whitt in 2001. This one stood in an area known (colloquially?) as Dusty Miller Yard. The site is now occupied by houses and part of Highgate Close. On the often-seen photo above, the pub itself is over to the left of the picture. The building on the right was apparently an old malthouse, and the whole thing used to be farm buildings, some say. My thanks to the museum service for the copy of the pic.

DUSTY MILLER, The; High Street, New Whittington.
No known connection with the pub of the same name above.

DYSON'S VAULTS; Soresby Street, Chesterfield.
Became "The Welbeck Inn." Kept in 1881 by Mary Dyson, wine & spirit merchant.

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