WHITTINGTON, urban district, Derbyshire, England, io m. S. of Sheffield and 2 m. N. of Chesterfield, on the L.M.S. railway. Pop. (1921) 7,617. The parish church of St. Bartholo mew was restored after its destruction by fire, in 1895. Stone bottles and coarse earthenware are manufactured in the town, where there are also large ironworks, collieries and brickworks.