Winster is a village in the English

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about from Matlock and from Bakewell at an altitude of approximately . It was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry. The village lies within the

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National Park and The

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runs through the village. Winster has many listed buildings, including the Market House open daily as a National Trust information point. Its current population is about 630, though it was 600 at the 2011 Census. The village has a primary school, two churches, two pubs and a village shop (owned by the community) which includes a post office. Winster was mentioned in the

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in 1086 when it was owned by

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at Bank Top () was opened in 1744. It had a rule that forbade any relief outside of the workhouse. By the 1770s it could house 40 inmates.

Winster Market House Winster Market House is a building dating from the end of the 17th or beginning of the 18th centuries, and is situated in Winster, near Matlock, Derbyshire, England. The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1906. It was the ...

was the

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's first property in the Peak District and was acquired in 1906.

Winster Wakes

Winster's parish church is the Church of St John the Baptist, and a week-long annual carnival called Winster Wakes starts on the first Sunday on or after 24 June (the patronal day of

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). Main Street is closed briefly on the Sunday for the Wakes Parade, and for much of the following Saturday afternoon, when there are stalls and entertainment (including

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) in the street.

Fatal duel

As reported in ''The Times'' (London) on 2 June 1821, a local surgeon, William Cuddie, was courting Mary, the daughter of the wealthy Brittlebank family of Oddo House in Winster. In May 1821 one of her brothers, William Brittlebank, tried to end their association. On the evening of 21 May Cuddie and Brittlebank quarreled violently. The doctor later received a note: Cuddie refused to reply to the letter. The following afternoon three of the Brittlebank brothers and a mutual friend, Edmund Spencer, arrived in his garden with two loaded pistols. Cuddie reluctantly accepted one of the weapons. William Brittlebank walked away, turned and fired. Two shots were heard but only Cuddie was hit. He died a few hours later. Two of the Brittlebanks (Francis and Andrew) were tried in Derby in August 1821, but were found not guilty of murder, while their brother William, fled with a £100 reward on his head. It is thought that he went to Australia but evidence is lacking.Lomax, S and Smith, R 2012, 'Doctor dies in duel', ''Reflections'', accessed 18 Jun 2018, url: http://www.reflections-magazine.com.

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Winster village website
{{authority control Villages in Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District Civil parishes in Derbyshire Derbyshire Dales

Winster Wakes

Fatal duel

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