Coton -in-the-Elms in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Coton -in-the-Elms is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Walecros in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Walecros
- Appleby [Magna]
- Bolun
- Bretby
- Caldwell
- Catton
- Drakelowe
- Foremark
- Hartshorne
- Hearthcote
- Ingleby
- Lullington
- Melbourne
- Milton
- Newton [Solney]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Coton -in-the-Elms 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 Coton -in-the-Elms.
Listed Buildings Near Coton -in-the-Elms
Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Coton -in-the-Elms. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Church of St Mary - 0.24 km
- Manor Farmhouse - 0.42 km
- The Old School House - 0.42 km
Coton -in-the-Elms Today
Today Coton -in-the-Elms lies within the administrative area of South Derbyshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 814 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 Coton in the Elms on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Coton [-in-the-Elms]
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.
© Brian Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Geoff Pick · 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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