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

Other Settlements in Morleystone

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hopwell is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wella, a spring or stream. 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 spring’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Hopwell.

Listed Buildings Near Hopwell

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Hopwell. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Bobbin Milepost 90 Metres West of Mount Pleasant (Sk 4494 3563) - 0.88 km

Hopwell Today

Today Hopwell lies within the administrative area of Erewash, and the settlement recorded a population of 37 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 Hopwell on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Stanton -by-Dale - 2.2 km NE
Ockbrook - 2.2 km SW
Risley - 2.2 km SE
Sandiacre - 3.0 km E
Draycott - 3.0 km S
Breaston - 3.2 km S

Heritage Around Hopwell

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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Hopwell in the Domesday Book (1086)