Revolution House - Old Whittington

Admission free. Car parking at park opposite. Wheelchair access to ground floor only.

Exciting investigation takes you out of town and back in time -back to the 17th century. James II is on the throne, but rumour and unrest mutter up and down the country. Three miles outside Chesterfield, on a bleak and windswept Whittington Moor, the Earl of Devonshire from Chatsworth rode towards a meeting with the Earl of Danby and John D'Arcy. In an alehouse beside the road, they sheltered from the rain, and began to make their plans.

Danby raised support in Yorkshire and the North, Devonshire in Derbyshire and the Midlands. James was be overthrown. His daughter Mary and her Dutch husband William, were offered the crown. William and Mary landed at Torbay in November 1688. The North and Midlands rose in support and James fled to France. The Glorious Revolution was over.

The alehouse at Whittington still stands. Now a tiny cottage in a busy suburb of Chesterfield, its thatched roof, flower border and garden gate are at odds with its intriguing name - Revolution House.