Makeney in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Morleystone

• Bradley
• Breadsall
• Breaston
• Cellesdene
• Chaddesden
• Codnor
• Crich
• Denby
• Derby
• Draycott
• Duffield
• Hallam
• Heanor
• Herdebi

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Makeney 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 Makeney.

Listed Buildings Near Makeney

Historic England records 75 listed buildings within about a mile of Makeney. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Holbrook Hall - 0.72 km

Grade II

• Turn Pike Cottage - 0.31 km
• Range of Farm Buildings to East of Redhill Farmhouse - 0.34 km
• Redhill Farmhouse and Redhill Cottage - 0.36 km
• Makeney Terrace - 0.38 km
• Makeney Yard - 0.4 km
• Mile stone in front of Holly Bush Inn - 0.45 km
• The Holly Bush Inn - 0.46 km
• Forge Cottage - 0.69 km
• The Stables to North of Holbrook Hall - 0.72 km
• Milford Ebenezer Methodist Church - 0.78 km
• The King William - 0.79 km
• Retaining walls to weirs in River Derwent near former Forge Mill - 0.79 km
• Southern Premises of Bill Lomas (Motor Cycles) Limited - 0.8 km
• Church of St Michael - 0.8 km
• Milford Bridge - 0.82 km
• Northern Premises of Bill Lomas (Motor Cycles) Limited and A Pair of Cottages Adjoining to the North - 0.82 km
• Gates, Attached Wall and War Memorial to North of St Michael’s Church - 0.82 km
• Milford Post Office - 0.83 km
• Quarry Cottages - 0.84 km
• Oakdene Cottage - 0.84 km
• Bridge House - 0.85 km
• K6 Telephone Kiosk - 0.85 km
• Brook House - 0.85 km

…and 51 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Makeney

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Makeney:

• Twelfth century tower keep castle, including sites of an eleventh century motte and bailey castle, an Anglian cemetery and a Romano-British settlement - 1.33 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Milford - 1.0 km N
• Holbrook - 1.4 km NE
• Duffield - 1.4 km SW
• Horsley - 2.0 km E
• Herdebi - 2.2 km SE
• Bradley - 3.0 km N