Stanton -by-Bridge in the Domesday Book (1086)
Stanton -by-Bridge is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Walecros in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Walecros
- Appleby [Magna]
- Bolun
- Bretby
- Caldwell
- Catton
- Coton [-in-the-Elms]
- Drakelowe
- Foremark
- Hartshorne
- Hearthcote
- Ingleby
- Lullington
- Melbourne
- Milton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Stanton -by-Bridge is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent stone (OE stān). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the stone farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Stanton -by-Bridge.
Listed Buildings Near Stanton -by-Bridge
Historic England records 20 listed buildings within about a mile of Stanton -by-Bridge. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Swarkestone Bridge and Causeway - 0.67 km
- Church of St Michael - 0.92 km
- The Grandstand, Cuttle and gate 200 metres north of Swarkestone Hall - 1.2 km
Grade II*
- Swarkestone Hall Farmhouse - 0.96 km
- Swarkestone Old Hall and attached walls - 1.02 km
- Church of St James - 1.2 km
Grade II
- High Standing - 0.37 km
- Rosedene - 0.39 km
- The Hollyhocks - 0.4 km
- Ivy Farm Cottage - 0.46 km
- Hollies Farmhouse - 0.52 km
- Poplars Farmhouse - 0.69 km
- Gate Piers and Gate - 0.87 km
- Rectory House - 0.92 km
- Tithe Barn Near Old Hall Farmhouse - 1.12 km
- Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost to South of Massey’s Bridge at Sk 381 284 - 1.13 km
- Reading Rooms - 1.17 km
- Churchyard Cross to South of St James’ Church - 1.19 km
- Churchyard gates and walls at St James’ Church - 1.21 km
- Railway Bridge Over the River Trent - 1.3 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Stanton -by-Bridge
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Stanton -by-Bridge:
- Swarkestone Bridge - 0.84 km
Stanton -by-Bridge Today
Today Stanton -by-Bridge lies within the administrative area of South Derbyshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 273 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 Stanton by Bridge on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Swarkestone - 1.4 km NW
- Barrow -upon-Trent - 2.2 km NW
- Melbourne - 2.2 km SE
- Ingleby - 3.0 km W
- Weston -on-Trent - 3.2 km E
- Chellaston - 3.2 km N
Heritage Around Stanton [-by-Bridge]
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
© Jerry Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Jerry Evans · 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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