Bupton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Bupton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Appletree
- Alkmonton
- Ashe
- Aston
- Barton [Blount]
- Bentley
- Boylestone
- Bradley
- Brailsford
- Clifton
- Doveridge
- Eaton [Dovedale]
- Edlaston
- Ednaston
- Fenton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Bupton 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 Bupton.
Listed Buildings Near Bupton
Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Bupton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
Grade II
- Longford Grange - 0.3 km
- Marsh Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding - 0.55 km
- Chapel House Farmhouse - 0.6 km
- Bridge Over Mill Tail of Longford Mill - 0.61 km
- Longford Mill and Attached Weir - 0.61 km
- Longford Cheese Factory - 0.63 km
- Bridge Over River to South West of Longford Mill - 0.66 km
- Gate Piers and Wall 20 Yards West of Ardsley House - 0.83 km
- The Longford Almshouses - 1.05 km
- Icehouse Quarter of A Mile North East of Longford Hall - 1.09 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Bupton
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Bupton:
- Lower Thurvaston medieval settlement, including part of the open field system - 0.6 km
- Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow - 1.15 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Osleston - 2.0 km E
- Thurvaston - 2.0 km E
- Hollington - 2.0 km N
- Trusley? - 3.6 km SE
- Barton Blount - 3.6 km SW
- Rodsley - 3.6 km NW
Heritage Around Bupton
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.
© Graham Hogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Stowell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris Morgan · 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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