Killamarsh in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Killamarsh is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Scarsdale
- Alfreton
- Ashover
- Barlborough
- Barlow
- Beighton
- Blingsby
- Bolsover
- Boythorpe
- Bramley [Vale]
- Brimington
- Calow
- Chesterfield
- Clowne
- Dore
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Killamarsh 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 Killamarsh.
Listed Buildings Near Killamarsh
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Killamarsh. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St Giles - 0.72 km
Grade II
- Westhorpe Farmhouse - 0.47 km
- Barn to the South East of Westhorpe Farmhouse - 0.48 km
- Farm Outbuilding to the South of Westhorpe Farmhouse - 0.5 km
- Medieval Cross 10 Metres South of St Giles Church - 0.71 km
Killamarsh Today
Today Killamarsh lies within the administrative area of North East Derbyshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 9,259 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 Killamarsh on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Eckington - 3.2 km W
- Mosborough - 3.2 km W
- Beighton - 3.2 km N
- Wales - 3.6 km NE
- Barlborough - 3.6 km SE
- Harthill - 4.0 km E
Heritage Around Killamarsh
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.
© David Morris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alan Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alan Murray-Rust · 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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