Old Whittington

Old Whittington is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 on the first folio for Derbyshire, where it is spelt Witintune. The book says under the title of 'The lands of the King': <blockquote>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.</blockquote>

A free school was founded here in 1674 by Peter Webster, and in 1681, Joshua Webster endowed it with land, which created an income of thirty two pounds and ten shillings. The school had about twenty pupils which included both boys and girls. Old Whittington now has 3 schools, the primary school is called Mary Swanwick, the special school is called Holly House and the secondary school is called Whittington Green School.