WESSINGTON, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Ashover sub-district of the Chesterfield Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2526 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2759 |
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Christ.
- The church was built in 1858.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Ashover sub-district of the Chesterfield Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"WESSINGTON, a township in the parish of Crich, county Derby, 3 miles N.W. of Alfreton, and 1½ miles from the Wingfield railway station. The inhabitants are principally employed in the stocking manufacture. There is a Sunday-school licensed for divine worship. The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have chapels."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Wessington entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Wessington from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.