Palterton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Palterton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Palterton.

Listed Buildings Near Palterton

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Palterton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Palterton Hall - 0.16 km
Lilac Farmhouse - 0.2 km

Palterton Today

Today Palterton lies within the administrative area of Scarcliffe.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Scarcliffe - 2.0 km E
Bolsover - 2.0 km N
Glapwell - 2.0 km S
Bramley Vale - 2.2 km SW
Stony Houghton - 2.8 km SE
Lowne - 3.2 km W

Heritage Around Palterton

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.

Ruined Chapel and graves near Heath (2008)
© Andy Stephenson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sutton Scarsdale Hall - (Front View with St Mary's Church Tower on Right Hand Side) (2007)
© Alan Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footbridge Crossing the River Doe Lea (2008)
© Alan Heardman · 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.

Palterton in the Domesday Book (1086)