Wessington

Infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=Christ Church, Wessington.
latitude = 53.115
longitude = -1.442
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Wessington
population =
shire_district = North East Derbyshire
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = ALFRETON
postcode_district =DE55
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK374576:"This article is about the English village. For the city in South Dakota, United States. Wessington, South Dakota"Wessington is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county. It is near to the town of Alfreton and the village of Brackenfield.

The civil parish of Wessington is, along with Shirland and Higham, the most southerly parish in the district. It stands on the west side of the Amber Valley on the Alfreton to Matlock Road. The settlement is centered around a large village green and an old pub, "The Horse and Jockey".

When the Domesday Book was compiled in 1086, the village was known as "Wistanestune", which may have been derived from the Anglo-Saxon words for 'water' and 'town', meaning "wet place". The village was then called "Washington" before acquiring its present name. The parish was separated from Crich in 1857. At the time, the village had a fairly large stocking frame knitting industry, with the majority of the inhabitants being employed in it.

See also

*Rattle, Derbyshire
*List of places in Derbyshire