Wingerworth

Coordinates: 53°12′12″N 1°26′05″W / 53.2033°N 1.4347°W / 53.2033; -1.4347

Wingerworth is a relatively large village and parish near to Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It is one of the largest and most populous villages in the district of North East Derbyshire. Wingerworth is 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of the town of Chesterfield, 15 miles (24 km) south of Sheffield and 150 miles (240 km) north of the United Kingdom's capital, London. The settlements of Tupton, Clay Cross, Grassmoor and Ashover are also nearby. Wingerworth is a semi-rural village with the large town of Chesterfield to the north but countryside to the south.

History

Wingerworth is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a community of fourteen houses of freemen. In the book it is called Wingreurde, an Anglo-Saxon name meaning "King's Land."

For the bulk of the Middle Ages, the lords of Wingerworth Manor were the Brailsfords. After their stewardship, the lordship descended in a relatively uncertain manner to the Curzons of Kedleston Hall until finally coming under the lordship of the Hunloke Family. The seat of the Hunloke Family was at Wingerworth Hall, which was demolished in 1927 to make way for housing developments, as a buyer could not be found for the property. The Hall was also used as a Roundhead garrison during the English Civil War.