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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wensley like this:
WENSLEY and SNITTERTON, a township in Darley parish, Derby; 3½ miles WNW of Matlock. It forms the chapelry of Cross-Green or South Darley, noticed in our article Darley. Real property, £3,418; of which £70 are in mines. Pop., 582. Houses, 137.
Wensley is now part of DERBYSHIRE DALES District. Click here for graphs and data of how DERBYSHIRE DALES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wensley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wensley, in Derbyshire Dales and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4153
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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