New Whittington

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New Whittington
Derbyshire

New Whittington Post Office
Location
Grid reference: SK397755
Location: 53°16’30"N, 1°24’22"W
Data
Population: 3,919  (2001)
Post town: Chesterfield
Postcode: S43
Dialling code: 01246
Local Government
Council: Chesterfield

New Whittington is a village in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, near to Whittington Moor and Old Whittington. It is also to the west of Barrow Hill and Staveley.

Located between New and Old Whittington is Revolution House, once and inn, now a museum, where the "Immortal Seven" plotted the invitation which brought Prince William of Orange to overthrow King James II.[1]

Parish church

The village is served by St Barnabas Church.[2]

References

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