Thulston in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Litchurch

• Allestree
• Alvaston
• Ambaston
• Arleston
• Aston [-on-Trent]
• Barrow [-upon-Trent]
• Bearwardcote
• Boulton
• Burnaston
• Chellaston
• Cottons
• Dalbury
• Egginton
• Elvaston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thulston 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 Thulston.

Listed Buildings Near Thulston

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Thulston. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• London Road Lodge Entrance Gates - 0.33 km
• Kiosk Cottage - 0.57 km
• Milepost at Sk 414 315 South of Thulston Grange - 0.8 km
• Thurlaston Grange - 0.82 km
• Milepost at Sk 399 321 - 0.97 km
• Elvaston War Memorial - 1.03 km
• Golden Gates and Attached Walls at Elvaston Castle - 1.12 km
• The Clock House - 1.17 km
• Village Hall and Attached House - 1.18 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Thulston

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Thulston:

• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm - 1.39 km

Thulston Today

Today Thulston lies within the administrative area of Elvaston.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Elvaston - 1.4 km NE
• Marsh? - 1.4 km SW
• Ambaston - 2.2 km NE
• Chellaston - 2.2 km SW
• Boulton - 2.2 km NW
• Alvaston - 2.2 km NW