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WINSTER, Derbyshire

"WINSTER, although but a chapelry to Youlgreave, and now an inconsiderable village, was once a market town of some note. It is six miles from Bakewell, and 13 S.W. from Chesterfield, situate on the old road from Ashbourn to the latter town, and midway between the river Derwent and the Cromford and High Peak railway, about three miles from each; with the latter of which a branch communication is contemplated." [There is further information for Winster]

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Bibliography Biography Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel Directories

Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

Gazetteers Genealogy History Manors Maps Probate Records Voting Registers

Bibliography

• Winster, A Peak District Village Remembers. Winster Local History Group, 2000.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Winster, A Peak District Village Remembers’ (Peak Advertiser 14th August 2000)

Biography

• Tales of Old Winster - the late Eric Shimwell, a Winster "local character" told his story to Paul and Liz Downing. (Thanks to Dawn Scotting for this link).

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St John the Baptist's Churchyard, Winster, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

• Photograph of War Memorial, Winster, from Alf Beard.

Church History

• Photograph of St John The Baptist's Church, Photograph of Inside St John The Baptist's Church, and Photograph of St John The Baptist's Church (South View), Winster, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Weslyan Church, (1857), Winster, from Alf Beard.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St John's Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal.

• Stray Marriages in Winster - a list of marriages where one or both parties were not of the parish - compiled by Dawn Scotting.

Description and Travel

• Information about, and photographs of Winster are featured on the Derbyshire UK page on Winster village in Derbyshire.

Directories

• A Description of Winster and Directory for Winster and neighbourhood transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

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

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Winster Ancestry - a site created by Dawn Scotting, featuring extensive research on genealogies of many of the old families of Winster. The site includes a list of Stray Marriages at Winster - where either one or both parties were not "of this parish", and an offer of searches of Winster and Stanton in the Peak parish records. A most interesting, and well-presented site.

History

• Winster, Derbyshire - a Village Website has information on a wide range of activities in the village, including some village history, and a note of the Winster History Group.

Manors

• An account of Winster Hall and Middleton Castle, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie.

Maps

• Winster Village Map - a Review by Julie Bunting.

Probate Records

• Dawn Scotting has compiled a Calendar of Winster Wills 1494 to 1859 from the Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court, and listed in alphabetical order.

Voting Registers

• Here are some lists of Winster Voters.

  Voters, 1832	Voters, 1836-37	Voters, 1838	Voters, 1838-39	Voters, 1840-41
  Voters, 1841-42	Voters, 1842-43	Voters, 1844-45	Voters, 1845-46	Voters, 1846-47
  Voters, 1847-48	Voters, 1851-52	Voters, 1852-53	Voters, 1853

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