Nether and Upper Hurst in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Nether and Upper Hurst is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, 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 Nether and Upper Hurst 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 Nether and Upper Hurst.

Listed Buildings Near Nether and Upper Hurst

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Nether and Upper Hurst. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St John the Baptist - 1.24 km

Grade II

• House at Nether Hurst - 0.69 km
• Rectory and Attached Coach House - 1.19 km
• Garner House and Attached Barn to North East - 1.21 km
• Outbuilding to the North East of Nether House - 1.23 km
• Gateway and Boundary Wall to St John the Baptist’s Church - 1.26 km
• Nether House and Attached Outbuilding - 1.26 km
• Upper Hurst - 1.26 km
• Upper Hurst Farmhouse - 1.28 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Shatton - 1.0 km W
• Offerton - 1.0 km S
• Bamford - 1.4 km NW
• Hathersage - 2.2 km SE
• Stoke - 3.0 km S
• Aston - 3.2 km W