Wyaston

Wyaston
The Shire Horse, Wyaston
Wyaston Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK184424
Civil parish	Edlaston and Wyaston
District	Derbyshire Dales
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ASHBOURNE
Postcode district	DE6
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°58′44″N1°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

• Listed buildings in Edlaston and Wyaston

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. Samuel Bagshaw (1848). History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon Trent. pp. 307–308.