Cottons in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cottons, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Litchurch
- Allestree
- Alvaston
- Ambaston
- Arleston
- Aston [-on-Trent]
- Barrow [-upon-Trent]
- Bearwardcote
- Boulton
- Burnaston
- Chellaston
- Dalbury
- Egginton
- Elvaston
- Etwall
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Cottons 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 Cottons.
Listed Buildings Near Cottons
Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Cottons. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Statue of Sir F H Royce - 0.63 km
- Anti-aircraft pillbox at Sinfin Central Business Park - 1.27 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Cottons
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.
© Chris J Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris J Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Tom Wosik · 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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