Breadsall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Breadsall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

• Bradley
• Breaston
• Cellesdene
• Chaddesden
• Codnor
• Crich
• Denby
• Derby
• Draycott
• Duffield
• Hallam
• Heanor
• Herdebi
• Holbrook

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Breadsall 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 Breadsall.

Listed Buildings Near Breadsall

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Breadsall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of All Saints - 0.61 km

Grade II*

• The Old Hall - 0.6 km

Grade II

• Rose Cottage and Shamrock Cottage - 0.44 km
• 23, Rectory Lane - 0.48 km
• Ivy Cottage - 0.5 km
• 1, Pall Mall - 0.51 km
• Alfreton Road Bridge (SPC8 10) - 0.68 km
• Methodist Chapel - 0.8 km
• Breadsall Manor - 0.85 km

Breadsall Today

Today Breadsall lies within the administrative area of Erewash, and the settlement recorded a population of 791 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 Breadsall on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Allestree - 2.0 km W
• Little Eaton - 2.0 km N
• Little Chester - 2.2 km SW
• Chaddesden - 2.2 km SE
• Morley - 3.2 km E
• Derby - 3.2 km S