Ible in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Ible is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Hamston

• Alsop [-en-le-Dale]
• Ashbourne
• Atlow
• Ballidon
• Bonsall
• Bradbourne
• Brassington
• Broadlowash
• Callow
• Carsington
• Cowley
• Cromford
• Elton
• Hanson [Grange]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Ible 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 Ible.

Listed Buildings Near Ible

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Ible. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Nigel Griffiths Furniture Workshop - 0.28 km
• Holly Bush Inn - 0.3 km
• Toll Bar Cowshed - 0.31 km
• Milepost 300 Yards North of the Holly Bush Inn - 0.44 km
• Whitelow Farmhouse and Outbuildings - 0.81 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Ible

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Ible:

• Moot Low bowl barrow - 1.12 km
• Green Low chambered tomb - 1.55 km

Ible Today

Today Ible lies within the administrative area of Derbyshire Dales, and the settlement recorded a population of 39 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 Ible on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ivonbrook Grange - 1.0 km N
• Winster - 3.0 km N
• Bonsall - 3.2 km E
• Middleton - 3.2 km E
• Brassington - 3.2 km S
• Carsington - 4.1 km S