[2] This is 1⁄4 mile (1⁄2 km) southeast of Edlaston, both have a long history as separate townships, yet they form a single, if dispersed village.

The village was recorded in Domesday, as Widerdestune, meaning 'Wīgh(e)ard's farm'.

[4] It once was a township in the parish, and although less prominent because of the church at Edlaston, it eventually became the larger settlement, with 25 houses and 122 inhabitants by 1848.

Wyaston House was described at the time as a mansion and seat of Nathaniel Need.

Wyaston Grove was occupied by Rev John Grundy.