The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Sapperton, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Appletree

The Meaning of the Name

The name Sapperton 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 Sapperton.

Listed Buildings Near Sapperton

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Sapperton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Sapperton Manor - 0.03 km
Farm Buildings at Sapperton Manor - 0.09 km
Cart Shed at Sapperton Manor - 0.09 km
Lees Hall - 0.81 km
Gostyfields Farmhouse - 1.05 km

Sapperton Today

Today Sapperton lies within the administrative area of Church Broughton.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Boylestone - 1.0 km N
Barton Blount - 2.0 km E
Church Broughton - 2.2 km SE
Sudbury - 2.8 km SW
Foston - 3.0 km S
Aston - 3.6 km SW

Heritage Around Sapperton

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.

Foston footbridge crossing the A50 (2013)
© Peter Bond · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Alkmonton Old Hall Farm (2007)
© John Poyser · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Site of the Medieval Village (2007)
© 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.

Sapperton in the Domesday Book (1086)