WHESTON, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2544 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2777 |
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
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Church Records
- A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St John the Baptist's Church Tideswell contains entries for Wheston residents. Added 22 May 2007.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"WHESTON, a hamlet in the parish of Tideswell, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 1 mile W. of Tideswell."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
- As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act this parish became part of the Bakewell Poolaw Union.