St Mary's Gate
As it appears in the year 2000. To the left is Church Way, formerly the end of Church Lane, with the top of Spa Lane opposite. The Plough Inn, home of the Lavenders, in 1891, was situated where the County Court is today, where the black railings are towards the right of the picture.
St Mary's Place
The nameplate on the wall at the side of Holywell Carpets reads St Mary's Place. This was home to Stephen and Annie Connolley in the middle of the 1890s. There are no houses there now and St Mary's Place exists only as Huckleberry Willow's car park. The green traffic light marks the top of Hollis Lane or what's left of it. The tall impressive building was the old Scarsdale Brewery.
Spa Lane
Home in 1881 to Michael and Stephen's sister Mary, her husband Thomas Mullarkey and their son, Patrick. The Mullarkeys were married in 1878 in Widnes and, to the best of our knowledge, returned there in the 1880s and never returned to live in Chesterfield. No houses are left here now but at least the lane still has some of its cobbles
Church Lane
The lane barely exists at all today. The pub at the end was built in 1930 and is said to be on the site of the previous Crooked Spire Inn which, in 1891, was three doors away from the home of Alice and Michael Connolly. All six of Alice and Michael's children were born at addresses on Church Lane.
