Matlock in the Domesday Book (1086)
Matlock is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 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 Matlock 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 Matlock.
Listed Buildings Near Matlock
Historic England records 38 listed buildings within about a mile of Matlock. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Matlock Bridge (Over River Derwent) - 0.34 km
- Church of St Giles - 0.84 km
- Wheatsheaf Farmhouse - 0.86 km
Grade II
- Allenhill Spa Well - 0.03 km
- 11, Dimple Road - 0.06 km
- Mile Stone 2 Miles From Matlock - 0.11 km
- Former Station Masters House at Matlock Station - 0.28 km
- Bank House (William Deacons Bank) - 0.34 km
- Dimple Farmhouse - 0.4 km
- Range of outbuildings at Dimple Farmhouse - 0.44 km
- Church of All Saints - 0.44 km
- Former Smedley’s Hydropathic (County Council Offices) - 0.53 km
- Tor Cottage - 0.66 km
- Boathouse Inn - 0.67 km
- Pic Tor War Memorial - 0.73 km
- Rockside Hall - 0.76 km
- 3 Knowleston Place - 0.78 km
- 5 Knowleston Place - 0.79 km
- Wellfield Cottage - 0.8 km
- 7-13 Knowleston Place - 0.81 km
- 15 Knowleston Place - 0.83 km
- Sundial in St Giles Churchyard - 0.85 km
- Churchyard Wall and Gatepiers of St Giles - 0.88 km
- The Rectory - 0.89 km
…and 14 more listed structures in the area.
Scheduled Monuments Near Matlock
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Matlock:
- Matlock Bridge - 0.34 km
- Lead workings in High Tor Recreation Ground - 1.56 km
Matlock Today
Today Matlock lies within the administrative area of Matlock Town, and the settlement recorded a population of 15,519 at the 2016 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 Matlock on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Matlock Bridge? - 0.0 km N
- Snitterton - 2.0 km W
- Farley - 2.2 km NE
- Bonsall - 2.8 km SW
- Darley - 2.8 km NW
- Tansley - 3.2 km E
Heritage Around Matlock
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.
© Michael Patterson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Frank Airey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Michael Patterson · 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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