Foremark in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Foremark, entered under the hundred of Walecros in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Walecros
- Appleby [Magna]
- Bolun
- Bretby
- Caldwell
- Catton
- Coton [-in-the-Elms]
- Drakelowe
- Hartshorne
- Hearthcote
- Ingleby
- Lullington
- Melbourne
- Milton
- Newton [Solney]
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Foremark 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 Foremark.
Listed Buildings Near Foremark
Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Foremark. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Foremark Hall - 0.35 km
- Church of St Saviour - 0.62 km
Grade II*
Grade II
- Garden Temple at Foremark Hall - 0.08 km
- Kitchen Gardens to the East of Foremark Hall - 0.16 km
- Gate, Attached Steps, Walls and Railings to South East of Foremark Hall - 0.29 km
- Wall and balustrade at south end of lake at Foremarke Hall - 0.38 km
- Ice House at Os 331 262 - 0.54 km
- Spring Head at Os 330262 - 0.55 km
- Home Farmhouse - 0.57 km
- Anchor Church - 0.82 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Foremark
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Foremark:
- Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood - 0.82 km
Foremark Today
Today Foremark lies within the administrative area of South Derbyshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 125 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 Foremark on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Foremark
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.
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© Peter Shone · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Phil Myott · 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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