Tissington

Other current and historical names

Tizinctun

Parish/Community: Tissington and Lea Hall
District/Borough: Derbyshire Dales
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°4'1"N 1°44'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 417606, 352245
OS Grid: SK176522
Mapcode Local: GBR 483.R79
Mapcode Global: WHCDZ.858G

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Tissington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Tissington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Tissington, par. and vil., Derbyshire, 4 miles N. of Ashborne, 2307 ac., pop. 352; P.O.; Tissington Hall is the seat of the Fitzherbert family. Tissington is famous for its wells, five in number, and for the custom of "Well Dressing," which takes place on Holy Thursday.

Tissington in the Domesday Book

A village in Hamston hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil of Bupton; Gamal of Shottle; Leofric of Twyford; Godwin of Tissington; Edric of Tissington; Wihtric of Tissington; Wulfgeat of Alkmonton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Tissington, Derbyshire

Tissington is a village in Derbyshire

Tissington in historic gazetteers

Tissington in the Domesday Book