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.
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.