In 1901 Walter Dronfield, aged 15, was living with his parents at 20 Porter St, Staveley. He was working as a machine fitter. Walter Dronfield married Josephine Bagshaw in 1907 in the Register Office, Chesterfield. Josephine had been born and brought up by her parents Edwin Winterbottom Bagshaw and Lauretta Elizabeth Bagshaw (née Neal) in Brimington Common which is two miles south-west of Staveley. Edwin was an iron dresser. Brimington Common’s South Moor Road in the early 1900s. It is now the current Manor Road. In the distance are Westmoor and Eastmoor Roads. The common wasn’t enclosed until the 1840s and 1850s; the land was then allocated to local landowners. At this time the recreation ground was created for the benefit of parishioners. The houses on the right probably date to the first phase of building along the common, in the 1850s and 1860s. The common was enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1841 (enrolled in 1853). Until that date it was said to be a very wild place, with few houses. New Brimington was developed during the late 19th century, primarily to provide housing for the adjacent and growing Staveley ironworks, which have now closed. Walter and Josephine married in the Register Office in Chesterfield in Q3 1907 and in that same quarter a daughter, Doris, was born. Tragically, her death was recorded in the same quarter as her birth. A son, Herbert Dronfield, was born on 22 Aug 1908 and he lived until he was 82. 1911 Census Walter Dronfield Head Married 25 Fitter At Blast Furnaces Staveley Nr Chesterfield Derbyshire Josephine Dronfield Wife Married 23 Brimington Common Nr Chesterfield Derbys Herbert Dronfield Son - 2 Staveley Nr Chesterfield Derbyshire Another son, Harold Dronfield was born in 1914 but died in 1942. His story can be read via this link.