The settlement of Stenson is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Stenson 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 Stenson.

Listed Buildings Near Stenson

Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Stenson. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Stenson House - 0.39 km
Stenson Lock and Attached Bridge to East - 0.5 km
Stenson Lock Cottage - 0.53 km
Canal Bridge at Os 321300 - 0.63 km

Stenson Today

Today Stenson lies within the administrative area of Twyford and Stenson.

Read more about modern Stenson on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Findern - 2.0 km W
Twyford - 2.0 km S
Sinfin - 2.2 km NE
Arleston - 2.2 km SE
Potlocks - 2.2 km SW
Cottons - 3.6 km NE

Heritage Around Stenson

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.

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.

Stenson in the Domesday Book (1086)