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Wyaston
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK184424
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District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Police Derbyshire
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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.

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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]

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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. 1 2 Samuel Bagshaw (1848). History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon Trent. pp. 307–308.


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