Scropton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Scropton, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Appletree
- Alkmonton
- Ashe
- Aston
- Barton [Blount]
- Bentley
- Boylestone
- Bradley
- Brailsford
- Bupton
- Clifton
- Doveridge
- Eaton [Dovedale]
- Edlaston
- Ednaston
The Meaning of the Name
The name Scropton 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 Scropton.
Listed Buildings Near Scropton
Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Scropton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- The Old Hall - 0.35 km
- Church of St Paul - 0.41 km
- Lychgate and Churchyard Walls to Church of St Paul - 0.42 km
- Churchyard Cross 10 Yards South of South Porch - 0.43 km
Scropton Today
Today Scropton lies within the administrative area of Foston and Scropton.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Scropton
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.
© M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© M J Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Geoff Pick · 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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