The settlement of Chunal is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Chunal 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 Chunal.

Listed Buildings Near Chunal

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Chunal. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

White House - 0.32 km
Barn to the South of Shepley Farmhouse - 0.32 km
Horseshoe Farmhouse and Barn - 0.4 km
Plainsteads Farmhouse and Outbuildings - 1.19 km
Herod Farmhouse - 1.2 km

Chunal Today

Today Chunal lies within the administrative area of Charlesworth, and the settlement recorded a population of 30 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Chunal on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Whitfield - 2.0 km N
Charlesworth - 3.2 km W
Old Glossop - 3.2 km N
Higher and Lower Dinting - 3.2 km N
Chisworth and Higher Chisworth - 4.0 km W
Hayfield? - 4.0 km S

Heritage Around Chunal

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.

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Chunal in the Domesday Book (1086)