Wensley is a hamlet in Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) of Matlock, on the B5057 road.

The villagers in Wensley were employed in the lead mining

Derbyshire lead mining history

This article details some of the history of lead mining in Derbyshire, England.- Background :On one of the walls in Wirksworth church is a crude stone carving, found nearby at Bonsall and placed in the church in the 1870s. Probably executed in Anglo-Saxon times, it shows a man carrying a kibble or...

 industry in the fields around the village in the 18th and 19th century after the London Lead Company

London Lead Company

The London Lead Company was an 18th and 19th century British lead mining company. It was incorporated by royal charter. Strictly, it was The Company for Smelting Down Lead with Pitcoal.-Origins:...

 obtained the mining rights in the 1720's.

Nearest school is South Darley Primary School but also Winster Primary School, Elton Primary School and Darley Dale Primary School. It's nearest senior schools are Lady Manners School

Lady Manners School

Lady Manners School is an English secondary school and Specialist Music College as designated by the Specialist Schools Trust situated in Bakewell, a market town in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...

 in Bakewell

Bakewell

Bakewell is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, deriving its name from 'Beadeca's Well'. It is the only town included in the Peak District National Park, and is well known for the local confection Bakewell Pudding...

 and Highfields School

Highfields School

Highfields School is a coeducational secondary comprehensive school located in Matlock, Derbyshire. The school has 1,414 pupils on roll with 247 in the sixth form and is split across two sites in the town 1.7 miles apart...

 in Matlock, Derbyshire.