Boulton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Boulton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

• Allestree
• Alvaston
• Ambaston
• Arleston
• Aston [-on-Trent]
• Barrow [-upon-Trent]
• Bearwardcote
• Burnaston
• Chellaston
• Cottons
• Dalbury
• Egginton
• Elvaston
• Etwall

The Meaning of the Name

The name Boulton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Boulton

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Boulton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Mary - 0.6 km

Grade II

• Alvaston Fields - 0.35 km
• Stables and Outbuildings at Alvaston Fields - 0.4 km
• Nunsfield House - 0.66 km
• The Poplars - 0.81 km
• Elm Cottage - 0.93 km
• 1 Church Street - 0.94 km
• 3 Church Street - 0.96 km
• Church Farmhouse - 0.97 km
• St Michael And All Angels Church - 1.09 km

Boulton Today

Today Boulton lies within the administrative area of City of Derby.

Read more about modern Boulton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Alvaston - 1.4 km NE
• Chellaston - 2.0 km S
• Thulston - 2.2 km SE
• Osmaston - 2.2 km NW
• Marsh? - 2.2 km SE
• Litchurch - 2.8 km NW