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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Winster like this:
WINSTER, a township-chapelry, with a small decayed town, in Youlgreave parish, Derby; 2½ miles WSW of Darley r. station, and 4 W by N of Matlock. It has a post-office‡ under Matlock-Bath, and a fair on Easter Monday. Acres, 1,047. Real property, £3,570. Pop., 971. Houses, 225. ...
The property is much subdivided. Some curious ancient British relics were found in barrows in 1768. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £103. Patrons, the Inhabitants. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels, an endowed school with £25 a year, and charities £8.
Winster 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 Winster itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Winster, in Derbyshire Dales and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4158
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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