a municipal borough and market-town of England, county of and 21 miles N. of Derby, on the rivulets Rother and Hipper. It has manufactures of lace, cotton, silk, carpets, hosiery, earthenware, and machinery. The church is an elegant and spacious edifice of the thirteenth century, with a remarkable twisted spire 230 feet high. There are several dissenting chapels, a free grammar and other schools, town-hall, prison, assembly-rooms, theatre, dispensary, mechanics' institute, and savings-bank. In the vicinity are coal, iron, and lead mines. The Chesterfield canal extends from the town to the Trent near Stockwith, 46 miles. The town is governed by a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors. Pop. (1851) 7101.

Earl of. See STANHOPE.