South Wingfield
| South Wingfield | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, South Wingfield | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK375555 |
| Location: | 53°5’44"N, 1°26’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,514 (2011) |
| Post town: | Alfreton |
| Postcode: | DE55 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Amber Valley |
South Wingfield is a village, a former coal mining village, in the Scarsdale Hundred of Derbyshire, in the east of the county, on the B5035 road, two miles from Crich, and six miles from Matlock.
The River Amber runs through the lower parts of the parish. The centre of the village is at the Market Place, where Manor Road, Church Lane, Inns Lane and the High Road meet.
The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 1,514.
History and description
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists South Wingfield amongst the small proportion of manors that are owned by Roger de Poitou. It notes that:
"In [South] Wingfield Alnoth had two carucates of land to the geld. There is land for three ploughs. Robert holds it of Count Alan under William Peverel and has 1 plough. There is a priest and 8 villeins and 2 bordars and 3 ploughs. There are 4 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 20 shillings.
About the village
The most famous landmark locally is Wingfield Manor, a ruined manor house built around 1450 and now managed by English Heritage.[1]).
Other notable places in the village are the parish church of All Saints, dating from the 13th century, the Methodist Chapel, a Baptist Chapel and a Gospel Hall. The village school was built in 1875. The parish of South Wingfield extends to cover the wider area covering the village of Oakerthorpe and the hamlets of Moorwood Moor, Wingfield Park and Uftonfields.
Both North Wingfield and South Wingfield have forms of the same place-name, formed from "winn" (pasture) and "feld" (open land). The earlier forms of each are not distinguished but in 1284 a Middle English form of South Wingfield occurs.[2]
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References
- ↑ Wingfield Manor: English Heritage
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 499 ISBN 0198691033