Radbourne in the Domesday Book (1086)
Radbourne is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.
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 Radbourne 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 Radbourne.
Listed Buildings Near Radbourne
Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Radbourne. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of St Andrew - 0.47 km
- Radbourne Hall - 0.83 km
Grade II
- Thatched Farmhouse - 0.26 km
- Old Park Farmhouse - 0.35 km
- Bridge to 10 Metres South of Porch to St Andrews Church - 0.51 km
- Silverhill Farmhouse - 0.59 km
- Set of 8 Garden Urns and Accompanying Steps in Sunken Garden to West of Radbourne Hall - 0.85 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Radbourne
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Radbourne:
Radbourne Today
Today Radbourne lies within the administrative area of South Derbyshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 1,170 at the 2021 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 Radbourne on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Kirk Langley - 2.0 km N
- Dalbury - 2.8 km SW
- Mickleover - 2.8 km SE
- Bearwardcote - 3.0 km S
- Mackworth - 3.2 km E
- Trusley? - 3.2 km W
Heritage Around Radbourne
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.
© Phil Myott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© mike smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John Poyser · 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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