Codnor in the Domesday Book (1086)

Codnor appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

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

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Codnor 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 Codnor.

Listed Buildings Near Codnor

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Codnor. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• 37, Nottingham Road - 0.45 km
• Home Farmhouse - 0.69 km
• Farm Building to South of Castle Farmhouse - 0.86 km
• Castle Farm - 0.89 km
• Remains of Codnor Castle - 0.92 km
• Church of St James - 1.03 km
• Codnor Gate Farm House - 1.27 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Codnor

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Codnor:

• Codnor Castle - 0.9 km

Codnor Today

Today Codnor lies within the administrative area of Amber Valley, and the settlement recorded a population of 3,849 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 Codnor on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Smithycote - 1.4 km SE
• Ripley - 3.2 km W
• Heanor - 3.2 km S
• Langley - 3.6 km SE
• Kidsleypark - 4.1 km S
• Denby - 4.2 km SW