Holme in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Holme, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

• Abney
• Ashford [-in-the-Water]
• Aston
• Bakewell
• Bamford
• Baslow
• Beeley
• Birchills
• Birchover
• Blackwell
• Bradwell
• Bubnell
• Burley
• Burton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Holme 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 Holme.

Listed Buildings Near Holme

Historic England records 171 listed buildings within about a mile of Holme. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Holme Hall - 0.36 km
• Holme Bridge - 0.48 km

Grade II

• Gazebo at Holme Hall - 0.28 km
• Terrace Walls With Associated Steps and Gateways to East of Holme Hall - 0.33 km
• Gate Piers and Attached Gate at West End of Main Avenue Approach to Holme Hall - 0.35 km
• Aldern House (Eastern Part Only) - 0.36 km
• Summerhouse at Holme Hall With Attached Walled Enclosure - 0.37 km
• Section of West Boundary Wall of Holme Hall Grounds With Attached Gate Piers - 0.39 km
• Burre House (Excluding C20 Garages at Rear of Eastern Wing) - 0.39 km
• Perimeter Wall of Garden to East of Holme Grange - 0.4 km
• The Cottage the East Lodge and Attached Rear Garden Wall Facing Drive to Holme Hall - 0.42 km
• The Lodge the West Lodge - 0.42 km
• Entrance Gate Piers and Attached Walls at East and West Lodges to Holme Hall - 0.43 km
• Lumford House Numbers 1, 2 and 3 - 0.43 km
• Holme Grange the Mews Cottage and Linking Wall With Attached Mounting Block - 0.43 km
• Entrance Walls and Gate Piers to Holme Grange - 0.44 km
• Stable Building at West End of Water Meadow to South of Holme Grange - 0.46 km
• Newholme Hospital Porters Lodge - 0.46 km
• Main Entrance Gateway to Burre House With Attached Wing Walls - 0.47 km
• Community Transport Office at Newholme Hospital - 0.48 km
• Northern Part of the Busy Bee Day Nursery at Newholme Hospital - 0.49 km
• Newholme Hospital (Main Building) - 0.5 km
• Sheepwash Enclosure to South West of Holme Bridge - 0.51 km
• Nurses Home at Rear of Newholme Hospital - 0.53 km

…and 147 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Holme

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 7 lie within roughly a mile of Holme:

• Holm Bridge - 0.48 km
• Lumford Mill, Bakewell - 0.67 km
• Motte and bailey castle on Castle Hill - 0.86 km
• Bakewell Bridge - 0.89 km
• Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church - 1.0 km
• Anglo-Scandinavian high cross from Two Dales, Darley, now in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church - 1.01 km
• Promontory fort south of Ballcross Farm - 1.23 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Bakewell - 1.0 km S
• Birchills - 1.4 km NE
• Ashford -in-the-Water - 2.0 km W
• Burton - 2.2 km SW
• Great Longstone - 2.2 km NW
• Little? Longstone - 2.8 km NW