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'''Great Wilne''' is a small village in southernmost [[Derbyshire]], on the border with [[Leicestershire]], marked here by the [[River Trent]], and seven miles south-east of the county town, [[Derby]]. It is here that the [[River Derwwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]], flowing from the north, enters the Trent. <br />
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The Derwent splits Great Wilne from its church, St Chad's, which is a small hamlet named [[Church Wilne]]. Church Wilne can only be approached by a short walk across the footbridge over the Derwent, or by a very roundabout car journey which crossing into Leicestershire and back.<br />
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The [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] also passes through Great Wilne, beginning its course at the meeting of the rivers.<br />
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==History==<br />
An early record of the village is found in a royal charter of 1009, signed in the Witan, by which King Ethelred 'the Unready' recognised the position and boundaries of [[Weston-on-Trent]] (''Westune''). The land described in that charter included the lands now known as [[Shardlow]], Great Wilne, [[Church Wilne]], [[Crich]], [[Smalley, Derbyshire|Smalley]], [[Morley, Derbyshire|Morley]], Weston and Aston-on-Trent. By this charter, the King gave his minister a number of rights that made him free from tax and to his own rule within the manor.<ref>Charter of Æthelred, The Great Council, 1009, accessible at Derby records</ref><br />
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Wilne appears in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086.<br />
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Shardlow and Great Wilne were included in the parish of Aston-on-Trent until 1838, when Shardlow constructed its own church.<br />
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[[File:SaintChadsChurchWilne7.JPG|right|Thumb|200px|St Chad's, Church Wilne]]<br />
==Church Wilne==<br />
There is archaeological evidence of a deserted mediæval settlement at Church Wilne.<ref>{{cite web|title=Church Wilne Deserted Mediæval Settlement|url=http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/churchwilne_eh_2010/|publisher=Archaeology Data Service, University of York|accessdate=18 February 2016}}</ref> St Chad's Water, which was purchased by the local council, is a nature reserve and a site for water sports.<ref>[http://www.churchwilne.co.uk/ Skiing at Church Wilne]</ref><br />
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==Outside links==<br />
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*{{genuki|Wilne}}<br />
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