Edlaston and Wyaston is a
civil parish within the
Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of
Derbyshire, England. The parish includes the villages of
Edlaston
Edlaston is a village three miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, just off the A515 road. It is in close proximity to the hamlet of Wyaston, and the civil parish is called Edlaston and Wyaston. It had a population of 220 at the 2011 Census.
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and
Wyaston
Wyaston is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located 3 miles south of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne.
Wyaston is in the civil parish of Edlaston and Wyaston. This is southeast of Edlaston, both have a long history as separate Township, ...
. In 2011 the parish had a population of 220.
It is north west of
London, north west of the county city of
Derby, and south of the market town of
Ashbourne. Edlaston and Wyaston touches the parishes of
Clifton and Compton
Clifton and Compton is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The parish, despite the name, only includes the villages of Clifton and Hangingbridge. In 2011 the parish had a population of 500. ...
,
Osmaston,
Rodsley
Rodsley is a small village and civil parish about south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. As the population of the village was less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the civil parish of Yeaveley.
History
Nearby Hollington and Rods ...
,
Shirley,
Snelston
Snelston is a village and civil parish three miles south-west of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England. It includes Anacrehill. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 202. A tributary of the River Dove flows through its centre. ...
and
Yeaveley
Yeaveley is a small village and civil parish near Rodsley and 4 miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish (including Rodsley) as at the 2011 census was 396.
The village has no school but does have a public house ...
. There are seven
listed buildings in Edlaston and Wyaston.
Toponymy
Edlaston: Appears to derive from 'Eadwulf's farm'. This was reported in
Domesday
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
as ''Dulvestune'', before a recognisable modern form appearing in public records from the 12th century.
Wyaston: Also in Domesday, as ''Widerdestune'', meaning 'Wīgh(e)ard's farm'.
Edlaston and Wyaston, as an