Abney in the Domesday Book (1086)

Abney appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

• Ashford [-in-the-Water]
• Aston
• Bakewell
• Bamford
• Baslow
• Beeley
• Birchills
• Birchover
• Blackwell
• Bradwell
• Bubnell
• Burley
• Burton
• Calver

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Abney is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Abney.

Listed Buildings Near Abney

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Abney. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• White Gate House - 0.54 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Abney

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 3 lie within roughly a mile of Abney:

• Small stone circle on Smelting Hill, 560m north east of Lane End Farm - 1.15 km
• Cairnfield 870m north east of Lane End Farm - 1.44 km
• Round cairn 780m south west of Offerton House - 1.58 km

Abney Today

Today Abney lies within the administrative area of Abney and Abney Grange.

Read more about modern Abney on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Stoke - 2.0 km E
• Hazelbadge - 2.2 km NW
• Offerton - 2.8 km NE
• Bradwell - 2.8 km NW
• Great and Little Hucklow - 3.2 km W
• Shatton - 3.2 km N