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WINGERWORTH, Derbyshire

"WINGERWORTH, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, county Derby, 2½ miles S.W. of Chesterfield. It is situated on the line of the Midland railway, the ancient Icknield Street and river Rother, and has some "rock-basins" at Stainedge Cliff. The surface is hilly, and the substratum abounds in coal, iron-stone, and freestone. It is chiefly the property of Sir H. J. J. Hunloke, Bart., who is lord of the manor, and resides at the Hall, rebuilt in 1724 on the site of the former hall, which was taken possession of and garrisoned for the parliament in 1643."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Church Records

• There is a transcript in English of a partial register from the Hunloke Catholic Mission at Wingerworth from 1737 to 1755 at Sheffield Archives (Ref: 1989/75). There are also (incomplete) registers from 1818-39 and 1839-c1854, after which the Mission was closed, being superseded by the Church of the Annunciation in Chesterfield, for which registers are also available at Sheffield Archives. The 19th century registers are in Latin. Added 28 Feb 2008.

Directories

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

Gazetteers

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

History

• The Wingerworth Parish Council website provides a history of Wingerworth written by David Edwards.

• The section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Chesterfield, transcribed by Barbarann Ayars, includes a portion on Wingerworth.

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