Wessington

Other current and historical names

Wistanestune

Parish/Community: Wessington
District/Borough: North East Derbyshire
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°7'0"N 1°26'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 437303, 357888
OS Grid: SK373578
Mapcode Local: GBR 6BL.MQ0
Mapcode Global: WHDFV.SXHD

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

Wessington in historic gazetteers

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

Wessington, township, Crich par., Derbyshire, 3½ miles NW. of Alfreton, 973 ac., pop. 609.

Wessington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofric brother of Leofnoth; Leofnoth brother of Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph son of Hubert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofing (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 plough land)
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Wessington, Derbyshire

Wessington is a village in Derbyshire

Wessington in historic gazetteers

Wessington in the Domesday Book