Drakelowe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Drakelowe 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
• Coton [-in-the-Elms]
• Foremark
• Hartshorne
• Hearthcote
• Ingleby
• Lullington
• Melbourne
• Milton
• Newton [Solney]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Drakelowe 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 Drakelowe.

Listed Buildings Near Drakelowe

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Drakelowe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Garden Wall to East of Sunken Gardens at Site of Drakelow Hall - 0.51 km
• Stableblock and Cottages to Former Drakelow Hall at Sk 241203 - 0.56 km
• Sunken Gardens at Site of Drakelow Hall - 0.62 km

Drakelowe Today

Today Drakelowe lies within the administrative area of South Derbyshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 686 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 Drakelow on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Stanton - 2.0 km E
• Stapenhill - 2.2 km NE
• Caldwell - 3.2 km S
• Walton -on-Trent - 3.6 km SW
• Winshill - 3.6 km NE
• Rosliston - 4.0 km S