Bearwardcote in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bearwardcote, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Litchurch
- Allestree
- Alvaston
- Ambaston
- Arleston
- Aston [-on-Trent]
- Barrow [-upon-Trent]
- Boulton
- Burnaston
- Chellaston
- Cottons
- Dalbury
- Egginton
- Elvaston
- Etwall
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Bearwardcote 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 Bearwardcote.
Listed Buildings Near Bearwardcote
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Bearwardcote. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Walnut Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding - 1.13 km
- Western Range of Farmbuildings at Walnut Farm - 1.14 km
- The Homestead - 1.2 km
- Church at Pastures Hospital - 1.29 km
- Winter Garden at Pastures Hospital, 30 Metres South West of Church - 1.29 km
Bearwardcote Today
Today Bearwardcote lies within the administrative area of South Derbyshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 36 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Bearwardcote on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Bearwardcote
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© John Poyser · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© mike smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John Poyser · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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