RFI




Dates

01/02/1870~[Midland Railway] (Sheffield to Chesterfield line)
Abbey Houses opened.
01/04/1870~[Midland Railway] (Sheffield to Chesterfield line)
Abbey Houses renamed Beauchief.
11/11/1916Fairfield Shipbuilders
Submarine K13 launched
29/01/1917Fairfield Shipbuilders
Submarine K13 sinks during trials in the Gareloch as hatch covers left open with engineers from the yard and sailors on board. 29 men were killed but 46 were rescued. The dead were interred in Faslane cemetery.
16/03/1935Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co
Purchased by Sir James Lithgow and Henry Lithgow
  /  /1952Avenue Coking Works (Chesterfield)
New coking works built to the south of Chesterfield beside the [North Midland Railway]. This site formerly had a colliery and iron works, mostly closed but 1938.
  /  /1956Avenue Coking Works (Chesterfield)
In operation
  /  /1992Avenue Coking Works (Chesterfield)
Closed, demolition began in 1999.