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WESSINGTON, Derbyshire

"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]

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of Christ Church (CMB 1858-1904) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 12 Aug 2005.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Wessington by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Wessington from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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