page_title: Weston-on-Trent
section_title: The last 100 years
hierarchical_section_title: Weston-on-Trent / History / The last 100 years
caption_attribution_description: English: Ukrainian Youth Camp (Part of the Ukrainian Youth Association in Great Britain) at Weston On Trent
context_page_description: Weston-on-Trent is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,239. It is to the north of the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal. Nearby places include Aston-on-Trent, Barrow upon Trent, Castle Donington and Swarkestone.
  The name is of Anglo-Saxon descent. Being in the west, the name literally means 'West Town' – with Aston-on-Trent being east of it. The 'On-Trent' suffix of both Weston and nearby villages means simply that they are near the river Trent.
  At the 2004 census there were about 800 people in the village aged sixteen to seventy-four years.
context_section_description: The novelist H. D. Everett (1851-1923) lived in the Old Vicarage in the village and died there.
  1937 saw a significant change in the lifestyle of the village with the arrival of piped water. This allowed a public sewer to be built and the ten council houses were given hot and cold water at a cost of under £520. The piped water supply had cost just under £50,000.
  There were two ferries at Weston, one at Weston Cliff and the other at King's Mill which ceased trade in 1942. This ferry crossed the river at the end of King's Mill Lane closest to Castle Donington. After World War II Weston-on-Trent became home to the Ukrainian Youth Association (CYM) in the UK, which took over one of the camps which had been set up during the War. One of these camps had hosted concerts by Vera Lynn, Glenn Miller and Ivy Benson.
  The last shop in Weston closed in 1998. In 2009The Old Plough was closed and subsequently demolished. This pub had been in almost continuous operation as a victuallers since at least 1829 when Francis Henshaw operated it as a combined pub and ploughmakers. At that time there were three pubs.
caption: The Ukrainian Youth Camp in 2011
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