Boylestone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Boylestone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Appletree

• Alkmonton
• Ashe
• Aston
• Barton [Blount]
• Bentley
• Bradley
• Brailsford
• Bupton
• Clifton
• Doveridge
• Eaton [Dovedale]
• Edlaston
• Ednaston
• Fenton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Boylestone 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 Boylestone.

Listed Buildings Near Boylestone

Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Boylestone. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St John the Baptist - 0.57 km

Grade II

• Mount Pleasant - 0.44 km
• Badgers Green and Attached Water Pump - 0.53 km
• Little Hassett - 0.61 km
• Rose and Crown Public House - 0.92 km
• Farm Buildings at Sapperton Manor - 0.95 km
• Lees Hall - 0.98 km
• Cart Shed at Sapperton Manor - 0.98 km
• Sapperton Manor - 0.98 km
• Harehill Farmhouse - 0.99 km
• Gostyfields Farmhouse - 1.2 km
• Barton Park House - 1.24 km

Boylestone Today

Today Boylestone lies within the administrative area of Derbyshire Dales, and the settlement recorded a population of 173 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 Boylestone on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Sapperton - 1.0 km S
• Barton Blount - 2.2 km SE
• Great and Little Cubley - 2.8 km NW
• Church Broughton - 2.8 km SE
• Alkmonton - 3.0 km N
• Bentley - 3.2 km N