CHESTERFIELD SCHOOL OF ART
Started life in 1841 as the Chesterfield and Brampton Mechanics' Institute, and went through various incarnations, including in 1877 as the Chesterfield School of Art and later as the Chesterfield and District School of Art and Crafts, was given accommodation in the Grammar School on Sheffield Road. In 1952, it became known as Chesterfield College of Art and Design.the merger in 1984 of Chesterfield Art College and Chesterfield College of Technology, before becoming Chesterfield College.The main campus is near the centre of Chesterfield, the largest town in Derbyshire, but many of the HE courses are based at the nearby Tapton House campus. A state-of-the-art campus opened at Clowne, five miles North-East of Chesterfield, in autumn 2005.