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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wingerworth like this:
WINGERWORTH, a parish, with W. village and four hamlets, in Chesterfield district, Derby; 2¾ miles S by W of Chesterfield r. station. It has a post-office under Chesterfield. Acres, 2,906. Real property, £3,317; of which £88 are in quarries. Pop., 433. Houses, 88. The manor, with W. ...
Hall, belongs to the Hon. F.G. Hunloke. W. Hall occupies the site of an ancient baronial mansion, which was garrisoned by the parliamentarians in 1643. Stubbing Court is the seat of T. H. Pedley, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £250. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is good; and there are an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £9.
Wingerworth is now part of NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wingerworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wingerworth, in North East Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2389
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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