Heanor in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Heanor, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

• Bradley
• Breadsall
• Breaston
• Cellesdene
• Chaddesden
• Codnor
• Crich
• Denby
• Derby
• Draycott
• Duffield
• Hallam
• Herdebi
• Holbrook

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Heanor 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 Heanor.

Listed Buildings Near Heanor

Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Heanor. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Lawrence - 0.03 km

Grade II

• 8 Market Place - 0.06 km
• Former Bank the Market Place - 0.14 km
• Former Heanor Technical College (South East Derbyshire College) - 0.14 km
• Registry Office - 0.15 km
• Butchers House - 0.61 km
• Donavon Monument to north of cemetery chapel at Marlpool Cemetery - 0.63 km
• 90 and 92, Derby Road - 0.69 km

Heanor Today

Today Heanor lies within the administrative area of Heanor and Loscoe, and the settlement recorded a population of 17,251 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 Heanor on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Langley - 1.0 km E
• Smithycote - 2.0 km N
• Kidsleypark - 2.2 km SW
• Shipley - 2.2 km SE
• Mapperley - 3.0 km S
• Codnor - 3.2 km N