Wyaston

Human settlement in England
  • Edlaston and Wyaston
District
  • Derbyshire Dales
Shire county
  • Derbyshire
Region
  • East Midlands
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townASHBOURNEPostcode districtDE6PoliceDerbyshireFireDerbyshireAmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
52°58′44″N 1°43′37″W / 52.979°N 1.727°W / 52.979; -1.727

Wyaston is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England.[1] It is located 3 miles south of Ashbourne.

Wyaston is in the civil parish of Edlaston and Wyaston.[2] This is 1⁄4 mile (1⁄2 km) southeast of Edlaston, both have a long history as separate townships, yet they form a single, if dispersed village.[3]

The parish contains some of the highest land locally, the parish peak of 180 metres (590 ft) is by the central road junction in Wyaston.

A community hall is in use at Wyaston village.

History

The village was recorded in Domesday, as Widerdestune, meaning 'Wīgh(e)ard's farm'.[4] It once was a township in the parish, and although less prominent because of the church at Edlaston, it eventually became the larger settlement, with 25 houses and 122 inhabitants by 1848.[5] A key landowner of the time was William Greaves. Wyaston House was described at the time as a mansion and seat of Nathaniel Need. Wyaston Grove was occupied by Rev John Grundy. There was a Methodist chapel in the village until the 20th century.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 119 Buxton & Matlock (Chesterfield, Bakewell & Dove Dale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231890.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ GENUKI. "Genuki: Edlaston and Wyaston, Derbyshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Wyaston :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b Samuel Bagshaw (1848). History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon Trent. pp. 307–308.


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