Tissington, Derbyshire

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Tissington is a village in Derbyshire

Other current and historical names

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.

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