| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | South Wingfield Church.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | South Wingfield church during the 2007 floods |
| Coordinates: | 53.0956°N -1.44°W |
| Map Type: | Derbyshire |
| Official Name: | South Wingfield |
| Population: | 1,514 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Civil Parish: | South Wingfield |
| Shire District: | Amber Valley |
| Shire County: | Derbyshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Post Town: | ALFRETON |
| Postcode District: | DE55 |
| Postcode Area: | DE |
| Os Grid Reference: | SK375555 |
South Wingfield is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, it is now part of the borough of Amber Valley and formerly in the Scarsdale hundred. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,514.[1]
| The Domesday Book: South Wingfield is listed amongst the small proportion of manors that are owned by Roger de Poitou. In 1086, the book notes that "In South? Wingfield Alnoth had two carucates of land to the geld. There is land for three ploughs. Robert holds it of Count Alan under William Peverel and has 1 plough. There is a priest and 8 villans and 2 bordars and 3 ploughs. There is 4acres of meadow. It was and is worth 20 shillings.[2] | |
| — Note: Above the reference for Wingfield there is a note which says "Roger de Poitou had these lands now they are in the King's hand. ("South" was not part of the name at this time: The Domesday Books Online; Derbyshire S–Z) |
Other notable places in the village are the parish church of All Saints, dating from the 13th century, the Methodist Chapel, a Baptist Chapel and a Gospel Hall. The village school was built in 1875. The parish of South Wingfield extends to cover the wider area covering the village of Oakerthorpe and the hamlets of Moorwood Moor, Wingfield Park and Uftonfields. Nearby Wingfield railway station buildings date from 1840.
Both North Wingfield and South Wingfield have forms of the same place-name, formed from "winn" (pasture) and "feld" (open land). The earlier forms of each are not distinguished but in 1284 a Middle English form of South Wingfield occurs.[4]