Marsh? in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marsh? is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Marsh? at 4.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Marsh? supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 6 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Marsh? was worth 10 shillings, up from 4.35 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

Resources Recorded at Marsh? (1086)

• Mills: 2 mills (valued at 1 shilling)

Other Settlements in Litchurch

• Allestree
• Alvaston
• Ambaston
• Arleston
• Aston [-on-Trent]
• Barrow [-upon-Trent]
• Bearwardcote
• Boulton
• Burnaston
• Chellaston
• Cottons
• Dalbury
• Egginton
• Elvaston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Marsh? 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 Marsh?.

Scheduled Monuments Near Marsh?

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

• Settlement site - 1.13 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Chellaston - 1.0 km W
• Thulston - 1.4 km NE
• Aston -on-Trent - 2.2 km SE
• Boulton - 2.2 km NW
• Weston -on-Trent - 2.2 km SE
• Elvaston - 2.8 km NE