Tibshelf in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Tibshelf is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Scarsdale
- Alfreton
- Ashover
- Barlborough
- Barlow
- Beighton
- Blingsby
- Bolsover
- Boythorpe
- Bramley [Vale]
- Brimington
- Calow
- Chesterfield
- Clowne
- Dore
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Tibshelf 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 Tibshelf.
Listed Buildings Near Tibshelf
Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Tibshelf. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- The Cottage - 0.17 km
- 32, High Street - 0.18 km
- Church of St John the Baptist - 0.62 km
Tibshelf Today
Today Tibshelf lies within the administrative area of Bolsover, and the settlement recorded a population of 4,351 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 Tibshelf on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Newton - 1.4 km SE
- Hardstoft - 2.0 km N
- Nether and Upper Pilsley - 2.2 km NW
- Esnotrewic - 3.0 km E
- Morton - 3.0 km W
- Stretton - 4.1 km W
Heritage Around Tibshelf
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.

© Alan Walker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Tony Hawes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Alan Walker · 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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