Alsop -en-le-Dale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Alsop -en-le-Dale, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Hamston

• Ashbourne
• Atlow
• Ballidon
• Bonsall
• Bradbourne
• Brassington
• Broadlowash
• Callow
• Carsington
• Cowley
• Cromford
• Elton
• Hanson [Grange]
• Hartington

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Alsop -en-le-Dale 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 Alsop -en-le-Dale.

Listed Buildings Near Alsop -en-le-Dale

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Alsop -en-le-Dale. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Manor Farmhouse - 0.6 km
• Church Farmhouse - 0.61 km
• Church of St Michael - 0.67 km
• Alsop Hall - 0.7 km
• Parwich Lees - 1.02 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Alsop -en-le-Dale

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 3 lie within roughly a mile of Alsop -en-le-Dale:

• Cross Low bowl barrow - 0.42 km
• Hawks Low bowl barrow - 1.34 km
• Nettly Knowe bowl barrow - 1.52 km

Alsop -en-le-Dale Today

Today Alsop -en-le-Dale lies within the administrative area of Eaton and Alsop.

Read more about modern Alsop en le Dale on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Newton Grange - 2.0 km S
• Cold Eaton - 2.2 km NW
• Parwich - 2.2 km SE
• Hanson Grange - 2.8 km SW
• Tissington - 3.2 km S
• Ballidon - 4.1 km E