Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESSINGTON

WESSINGTON, a township-chapelry in Crich parish, Derby; 1½ mile NW of Wingfield r. station, and 3½ NW by W of Alfreton. Post town, Alfreton. Acres, 958. Pop., 519. Houses, 114. Framework-knitting is carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £126.* Patron, the Vicar of Crich. The church was built in 1858. There are two Methodist chapels, and charities £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Crich Tn/AP/CP       Wessington CP/Tn       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Wessington

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