In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Great Wilne like this:

Wilne, Great (or Far Wilne), hamlet, Ashton upon Trent par., Derbyshire, ½ mile S. of Church Wilne.

Great Wilne through time

Great Wilne is now part of SOUTH DERBYSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH DERBYSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Wilne itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Wilne, in South Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22980

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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