Bandstand - Queens Park, Chesterfield

In 1886 Alderman T P Wood, the Mayor of Chesterfield proposed that land should be acquired to create a public park to mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the following year with the objective of ameliorating the overcrowded conditions in the town centre. Wood donated £500 and a further £3,500 was raised to purchase 17 acres of land known as Maynard's Meadows. At a ceremony on 21 September 1887 the site was dedicated and a tree planted on the site to mark the occasion.

Alderman Wood was created a Freeman of the Borough in November 1887 and money was raised for presentation of a silver casket. However at the Alderman's request the funds were used for the provision of a bandstand in Queen's Park.

A further 5 acres of land were acquired and over the ensuing years further funds raised including a mortgage funded by the Yorkshire Penny Bank and construction of the park carried out. Finally, on 2 August 1893, Queen's Park was officially opened to the public with the first Chesterfield Floral and Horticultural Society Show being held in the park.

A cricket pitch constructed in 1893-4 was inaugurated in May 1894, while the associated pavilion was constructed in 1898 and by the end of the 19th century the park facilities included a bandstand, boating lake, cycle track and gymnasium although plans for public baths were not implemented.

The park is the home of Chesterfield Cricket Club and also played host to Derbyshire County Cricket Club for 100 years between 1898 and 1998 - the county team returned in 2006 after an 8-year absence. The size of the ground lends itself to rapid scoring on good wickets and it is among the most attractive cricket grounds in the world.

In 1901 a further 13 acres was acquired by the town as a memorial to Queen Victoria and was laid out as a recreation ground known as Queen's Park Annex. In the years before the First World War the park was used for regular fetes and events such as the Coronation parade in 1910.

Renovations and improvements were undertaken in the early 1920s, including construction of the present bandstand, the original having been demolished in 1919, and erection of a conservatory.

In the Second World War the park was used by the local authority for events associated with the 'Holidays at Home' scheme. In 1943 metal railings round the cricket pitch were removed for the war effort and the conservatory was converted to food production. A further program of renovation took place in the late 1950s and a Heritage Lottery Fund restoration scheme in the early 21st century led to the return of first class cricket.

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