Stanton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Walecros in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Walecros

The Meaning of the Name

The name Stanton 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.

Listed Buildings Near Stanton

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Stanton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Boundary Wall of 40 Metres Fronting Road to South of Hill Farmhouse - 0.15 km
Hill Farmhouse - 0.15 km
The Shrubbery - 0.59 km

Stanton Today

Today Stanton lies within the administrative area of South Derbyshire.

Read more about modern Stanton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Drakelowe - 2.0 km W
Hearthcote - 2.2 km SE
Stapenhill - 2.2 km NW
Winshill - 3.0 km N
Caldwell - 3.2 km S
Swadlincote - 4.1 km E

Heritage Around Stanton

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.

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Stanton in the Domesday Book (1086)