In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whaley like this:

WHALEY, a hamlet in Bolsover parish, Derby: 8½ miles E of Chesterfield.

Whaley through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23925

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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