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:''This article is about the English village Wessington, Derbyshire. 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 towns of Matlock, 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 on a large village green, a Traditional Village Chip Shop 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 1859.〔http://www.crichparish.co.uk/indexwebpages/wessington.html〕 At the time, the village had a fairly large stocking frame knitting industry, with the majority of the inhabitants being employed in it.〔(The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland ), 1868, Genuki, accessed February 2009]〕 ==Business in Wessington== Wessington's Fish and Chips have sold Traditional fish and chips since 1949 and continues to open on Thursday, Fridays, and Saturdays; 5pm until 9pm. The Horse and Jockey Pub and a car mechanics are the two other businesses in the village. A second pub called the Three Horseshoes has recently closed and has since remained empty whilst the former stables building has been removed. Former businesses include a Garden Centre which has been redeveloped for housing, a post office, Co-Op on back lane, Abbotts shop opposite the Horse and Jockey, George Phillips the greengrocer opposite the Three Horse Shoes, Cecil Brown the hardware dealer in Friday yard and in a new shop below the post office and Stan Lamb's blacksmith who's hovel was further below the post office. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wessington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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