[2] The parish church of St Bartholomew was restored after its destruction by fire, except for the tower and spire, in 1895.

[clarification needed] The village manufactured stoneware bottles, other earthenware and bricks.

Old Whittington is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 on the first folio for Derbyshire, where it is spelt Witintune.

The book says[3] under the title of 'The lands of the King':[4] In Newbold with six berewicks – Old Whittington, Brimington, Tapton, Chesterfield, Boythorpe, Eckington – there are six carucates and one bovate to the geld.

John D'Arcy (or Darcy) was the fourth son of the Earl of Holderness.

[9] The tiny museum today features period furnishings and exhibition of local interest.