Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Scarsdale
- Alfreton
- Ashover
- Barlborough
- Barlow
- Beighton
- Blingsby
- Bolsover
- Boythorpe
- Bramley [Vale]
- Brimington
- Calow
- Chesterfield
- Clowne
- Dore
The Meaning of the Name
The name Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton 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 Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton.
Listed Buildings Near Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton
Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Barn at Manor Farm - 0.21 km
- Manor Farmhouse - 0.22 km
- Cherry Tree House - 0.64 km
- Poplar Farmhouse - 0.67 km
Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton Today
Today Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton lies within the administrative area of Sutton cum Duckmanton.
Read more about modern Duckmanton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Duckmanton and [Long] Duckmanton
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.
© Alan Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alan Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Roger Temple · 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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