Shuckstone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Shuckstone at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Shuckstone supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 1 smallholder, 5 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Shuckstone was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5 shillings – a fall of 16%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

Resources Recorded at Shuckstone (1086)

Meadow: 5 ploughs

Other Settlements in Morleystone

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Shuckstone 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 Shuckstone.

Listed Buildings Near Shuckstone

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Shuckstone. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*