The Crooked Spire of Chesterfield

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There are many traditional tales about how the church’s spire became twisted; one is that a magician persuaded a blacksmith in Bolsover to shoe the Devil’s cloven hooves. When the blacksmith drove the first nail in to the Devil’s foot, the Devil howled in pain and lashed out in agony as he flew over Chesterfield, hitting the spire with his foot and causing it to twist. another version is that the tower buckled because of the Devil’s weight when he sat on it. Another tale is that the spire was so amazed to hear that a virgin was being married that the spire became twisted because of it’s effort to see for himself.

Crooked Spire of Chesterfield, UK

I thought that you may like a closer look at the "Crooked Spire of Chesterfield"! There are many traditional tales about how the church’s spire became twisted; one is that a magician persuaded a blacksmith in Bolsover to shoe the Devil’s cloven hooves. When the blacksmith drove the first nail in to the Devil’s foot, the Devil howled in pain and lashed out in agony as he flew over Chesterfield, hitting the spire with his foot and causing it to twist, another version is that the tower buckled because of the Devil’s weight when he sat on it. There is also the tale is that the spire was so amazed to hear that a virgin was being married that the spire became twisted because of it’s effort to see for himself.

A walk along the Chesterfield canal

Tapton Lock

It was a beautiful warm day when I went for a walk with my daughter and grandchildren along Chesterfield canal and I remembered to take my camera with me.

We were delighted to see this narrowboat

and this signpost

I had a few problems taking photos of all this green stuff and would ask my daughter if I had the canal on the photo. She would look over my shoulder at the screen on my camera and say "Left a bit" or "Right a bit" or "Down a bit" or "Up a bit" or when she is satisfied "That's ok"!

Finally, we came to this bridge and decided to cross over to the other side. I have always wanted to go on this bridge to take some photos ever since it was built. You can see in the background the Crooked Spire of Chesterfield.

You will see the Crooked Spire more clearly here.