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. |
11/11/1916 | Fairfield Shipbuilders Submarine K13 launched |
29/01/1917 | Fairfield 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. |
16/03/1935 | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Purchased by Sir James Lithgow and Henry Lithgow |
/ /1952 | Avenue 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. |
/ /1956 | Avenue Coking Works (Chesterfield) In operation |
/ /1992 | Avenue Coking Works (Chesterfield) Closed, demolition began in 1999. |