'Ye Royal Oak' The Shambles (Chesterfield)

Chesterfield is a very historic town and everywhere that you look there are black and white timber framed medieval buildings. One of the most historic parts of the town centre is an area called the Shambles. This part of town is characterised by narrow cobbled streets and right in the heart of these tiny lanes is where Chesterfield's oldest public house, Ye Royal Oak can be found. Even from the outside this place oozes nostalgia. It is a typical Tudor style building with a black and white timber frame but closer inspection soon reveals that this is actually two very different buildings that have been joined together. Despite this amalgamation of premises, ...  Read the complete review

Chesterfield in Derbyshire is a very historic town on the edge of the Peak District. Part of the reason it built up into a town was its position as a market centre in the middle of a largely rural part of the country. There has been a market held in Chesterfield since the Saxon age and documentary evidence shows that there was an open air market from 1165 onwards, but it is not until King John granted the town a Market Charter in 1204 that the regular markets started (they are now held on Monday, Friday and Saturday, with a Flea Market on Thursday). The market moved to its present site in the 1220s (up until then it was located in a small area near the ...  Read the complete review