There was a time when I knew the postal addresses of the 12 Area HQs almost off by heart, and it could well be one of them but I can't see anywhere on the map near Chesterfield which rings a bell.
Bretby is about 40 miles south and that was a research place and I think eventually housed some of the London HQ staff when they relocated it (within a year of me leaving, which meant I missed out on a generous relocation or redundancy!!).
When I look at the map it has loads of places names I remember from the coal days but they were pits I think. Swadlincote, near Bretby, was one of the area HQs IIRC. SO was Bestwood, about 40m south while Mansfield and Eastwood Hall (both about 20m) was the locations of (I think) the Notts HQs. I'm pretty sure Edwinstowe was something other than mines too and Bolsover (which is a bit closer to Chesterfield) was an Area HQ (see www.aditnow.co.uk/Album/Photographs-Of-Ncb-Area-Headquarters-At-Bolsover_59511/)..
So not much help there I'm afraid, but at least I had an interesting 15 minutes browsing the map... :-)
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