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Old Whittington is a village in Derbyshire and 2mi north (and a suburb) of Chesterfield and is/ 10mi south-east of Sheffield. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 4,181. The village lies on the River Rother.Population in 1901 was 9416. The parish church of St Bartholomew was restored after its destruction by fire, except for the tower and spire, in 1895. The town manufactured stoneware bottles, other earthenware and bricks. There were also coal mines and ironworks.Early historyOld Whittington is mentioned in the Domesday Book on the first folio for Derbyshire where it is then spelt Witintune. The book says under the title of 'The lands of the King': In Newbold with six berewicks - Old Whittington, Brimington, Tapton, Chesterfield, Boythorpe, Eckington - there are six carucates and one bovate to the geld. There is land for six ploughs. There the king has 16 villeins and one slave having four ploughs. To this manor belong eight acres of meadow. There is woodland pasture three leagues long and three leagues broad. TRE worth £6 now £10“

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