Place:


Wensley  Derbyshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wensley like this:

WENSLEY and SNITTERTON, a township in Darley parish, Derby; 3½ miles WNW of Matlock. It forms the chapelry of Cross-Green or South Darley, noticed in our article Darley. Real property, £3,418; of which £70 are in mines. Pop., 582. Houses, 137.

Wensley through time

Wensley is now part of Derbyshire Dales district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derbyshire Dales has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wensley itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wensley in Derbyshire Dales | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4153

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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