Egstow in the Domesday Book (1086)
Egstow is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 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 Egstow is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word stōw, a place of assembly or holy site. 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 holy place’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Egstow.
Listed Buildings Near Egstow
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Egstow. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Ankerbold - 0.37 km
- Milepost - 0.63 km
- Egstow Hall - 0.7 km
- Barn and attached outbuildings at Egstow Hall - 0.72 km
- Pear Tree Farmhouse - 0.77 km
- Hagg Hill House - 1.05 km
- Barn North of Hagg Hill House - 1.06 km
- North Portal to Clay Cross Railway Tunnel - 1.24 km
- Blue Bell Inn - 1.28 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Egstow
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Egstow:
- Section of Ryknield Street Roman road 220m north east of Pear Tree Farm - 0.58 km
- Section of Rykneld Street 80yds (70m) long N of Redleadmill Brook - 1.15 km
Egstow Today
Today Egstow lies within the administrative area of Tupton, and the settlement recorded a population of 3,794 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Old Tupton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Old Tupton - 1.0 km W
- North? Wingfield - 2.0 km E
- Greyhirst - 2.2 km NW
- Wingerworth - 2.2 km NW
- Temple Normanton - 2.8 km NE
- Williamthorpe - 3.0 km E
Heritage Around Egstow
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
© Bill Henderson · 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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