Little? Longstone in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Little? Longstone, 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 Little? Longstone 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 Little? Longstone.

Listed Buildings Near Little? Longstone

Historic England records 50 listed buildings within about a mile of Little? Longstone. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Woodlands - 0.41 km
• Downside - 0.42 km
• Crispin Inn - 0.43 km
• Boundary Wall to Thornbridge Hall - 0.44 km
• Wyedale House - 0.44 km
• Village Cross - 0.45 km
• The Manor House - 0.45 km
• Gates and Gate Piers to the Manor House - 0.46 km
• War Memorial - 0.46 km
• K6 Telephone Kiosk - 0.47 km
• Ash House - 0.47 km
• White Lion - 0.48 km
• The Farm - 0.48 km
• Gate Piers, Attached Boundary Walls, Pump and Trough at the Hall - 0.48 km
• North Lodge and Attached Gate and Gate Piers at Thornbridge Hall - 0.48 km
• Churchlady House and Attached Garden Wall and Gate Piers - 0.48 km
• The Hollies and Attached Gate Piers and Garden Wall - 0.49 km
• Shakerley - 0.5 km
• Stone Croft, Cuckoo Cottage and the Little House - 0.5 km
• Garden Walls, Gates and Urns, South of Woodlands, Thornbridge Hall - 0.5 km
• Upper Stables at the Hall - 0.51 km
• Lower Stables at the Hall - 0.51 km
• Laburnum House - 0.52 km
• West Lodge and Attached Walls at Thornbridge Hall - 0.53 km

…and 26 more listed structures in the area.

Little? Longstone Today

Today Little? Longstone lies within the administrative area of Derbyshire Dales, and the settlement recorded a population of 90 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 Little Longstone on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Great Longstone - 1.0 km E
• Ashford -in-the-Water - 2.0 km S
• Rowland - 2.2 km NE
• Holme - 2.8 km SE
• Hassop - 3.2 km E
• Birchills - 3.2 km E