How many places are in the Domesday Book for Derbyshire?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 327 settlements in Derbyshire. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Derbyshire in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Derbyshire appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Derbyshire Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 327 Derbyshire settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Derbyshire

Derbyshire

327 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Derbyshire has 327 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

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A18 places

Abney Alfreton Alkmonton Allestree Alsop [-en-le-Dale]Alvaston Ambaston Appleby [Magna]Arleston Ashbourne Ashe Ashford [-in-the-Water]Ashover Aston Aston [Coal] Aston Aston [-on-Trent]Atlow

D12 places

Dalbury Darley Denby Derby [Higher and Lower] Dinting Dore Doveridge Drakelowe Draycott Dronfield Duckmanton and [Long] Duckmanton Duffield

E17 places

[Cold] Eaton Eaton [Dovedale][Little] Eaton [Long] Eaton Eckington Edale Edensor Edlaston Ednaston Egginton Egstow Elmton Elton Elvaston Esnotrewic Etwall Eyam

F6 places

Farley Fenton Findern Flagg Foremark Foston

G3 places

Glapwell Gratton Greyhirst

I6 places

Ible Ilkeston Ingleby [Kirk] Ireton Ireton Ivonbrook [Grange]

K5 places

Kedleston Kidsleypark Killamarsh Kinder Kniveton

L14 places

Langley Langley [Kirk] Langley Lea Litchurch Littleover Litton Longdendale [Great] Longstone [Little?] Longstone Lowne Ludwell Ludworth Lullington

N9 places

Newbold and [Upper] Newbold Newton Newton [Grange]Newton [Solney]Norbury Normanton [South] Normanton [Temple] Normanton Norton and [Little] Norton

O10 places

Ockbrook Offcote Offerton Ogston Old Glossop One Ash Osleston Osmaston Osmaston Owlcotes?

P9 places

Padfield and [Little] Padfield Palterton Parwich Pentrich Pilsbury Pilsley [Nether and Upper] Pilsley Potlocks Priestcliffe

Q1 place

Quarndon

R10 places

Radbourne Repton Ripley Risley Rodsley Rosliston Roston Rowland Rowsley Rowthorne

T16 places

Taddington Tansley Tapton Thornsett Thorpe Thulston Thurvaston Tibshelf Ticknall Tideswell Tissington Totley Trusley?Tunstall [Old] Tupton Twyford

U3 places

Ufton Unstone Upton

Y3 places

Yeaveley Yeldersley Youlgrave

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