Coordinates: 52°53′02″N 1°36′07″W / 52.884°N 1.602°W / 52.884; -1.602

Etwall
a 2007 Well dressing entry
Etwall  Etwall shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK268319
District	South Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DERBY
Postcode district	DE65
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Etwall (SK 268 316) is a civil parish and village in Derbyshire, England. It is located southwest from Derby on the A50.

Geography [link]

Etwall is squeezed between the A516, which bypassed the village in February 1992, and the A50. The A516 draws a lot of heavy traffic heading for the M1 north.

The village has its own public library and two schools (Pre-school and primary) and one large secondary John Port School. The parish church is St Helens. A war memorial is also located there in the shadow of a memorial tree which was planted in the 1800s. There is also a Buddhist centre at Ashe Hall established by Kelsang Gyatso. Some of the inhabitants work at the Toyota car factory which is located east of the village.

History [link]

Etwall is famous for its Well dressing festival every May. The village is also the birthplace of the famous recusant priest John Gerard, S.J.. The village name comes from Etewelle, meaning Eatta’s water, with Eatta being a 7th century Saxon leader. The John Port Grammar School opened in 1956, with the Etwall Secondary School on the same site. They combined as a comprehensive in 1965.

Amenities [link]

There is a swimming club and leisure centre which play host to Team Derby Futsal Club in the FA National Futsal League. The village has two historic pubs on its Main Street; the Spread Eagle, which is the oldest, (opposite the school) and the Hawk and Buckle, which dates from around 1800. There is also the more modern Seven Wells on the bypass. Etwall Rangers (sponsored by the Hawk and Buckle) are the local football team and play on King George playing fields on a Sunday morning. Etwall Cricket Club, where cricket has been played since at least 1858, can be found at the top of Church Hill, and has a view over the Derbyshire countryside towards Ashbourne.

Former residents [link]

• Miles Hunt

See also [link]

• List of civil parishes in Derbyshire

External links [link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Etwall

• Village Website
• History of the village
• Information with pictures
• Information on the library
• Etwall Well Dressing
• 1849 Tithe Map & Apportionment of Etwall

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