Wyaston Explained

Country:England
Static Image:The Shire Horse Wyaston.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:The Shire Horse, Wyaston
Coordinates:52.979°N -1.727°W
Map Type:Derbyshire
Official Name:Wyaston
Shire District:Derbyshire Dales
Shire County:Derbyshire
Region:East Midlands
Post Town:ASHBOURNE
Postcode District:DE6
Postcode Area:DE
Os Grid Reference:SK184424
Civil Parish:Edlaston and Wyaston

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 NaNabbr=NaNabbr= 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 180m (590feet) 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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 119 Buxton & Matlock (Chesterfield, Bakewell & Dove Dale). 9780319231890 . Ordnance Survey. 2012.
  2. Web site: Ordnance Survey Election Maps. www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . Ordnance Survey . 18 February 2016.
  3. Web site: GENUKI. Genuki: Edlaston and Wyaston, Derbyshire. 2021-09-01. www.genuki.org.uk. en.
  4. Web site: Wyaston :: Survey of English Place-Names. 2021-08-31. epns.nottingham.ac.uk.
  5. Book: Samuel Bagshaw. History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon Trent. 1848. 307–308.