Wyaston is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located 3 miles south of Ashbourne. Wyaston is in the civil parish of

Edlaston and Wyaston 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 and Wyaston. In 2011 the parish had a population of 220. It is north west of London ...

. This is southeast 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. I ...

, both have a long history as separate townships, yet they form a single, if dispersed village. The parish contains some of the highest land locally, the parish peak of is by the central road junction in Wyaston. A community hall is in use at Wyaston village.

History

The village was recorded 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 ''Widerdestune'', meaning 'Wīgh(e)ard's farm'. It once was a township in the parish, and although less prominent because of the church at Edlaston, it eventually became the larger settlement, with 25 houses and 122 inhabitants by 1848. A key landowner of the time was William Greaves. Wyaston House was described at the time as a mansion and seat of Nathaniel Need. Wyaston Grove was occupied by Rev John Grundy. There was a Methodist chapel in the village until the 20th century.

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Hamlets in Derbyshire Derbyshire Dales {{Derbyshire-geo-stub

History

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