Unstone in the Domesday Book (1086)
Unstone is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 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 Unstone 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 Unstone.
Listed Buildings Near Unstone
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Unstone. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Unstone Manor House - 0.66 km
Grade II
- Range of Outbuildings Adjoining Grange Farmhouse to the South West - 0.48 km
- Grange Farmhouse - 0.5 km
- Railway Viaduct at Unstone Sidings - 0.65 km
- The Farm - 0.81 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Unstone
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Unstone:
Unstone Today
Today Unstone lies within the administrative area of North East Derbyshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 1,814 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 Unstone on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Middle, Nether and West Handley - 2.0 km E
- Dronfield - 2.2 km NW
- Upton - 2.2 km NW
- Coal Aston - 2.2 km NW
- Old Whittington - 3.2 km S
- Great Barlow - 4.2 km SW
Heritage Around Unstone
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 Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Andrew Loughran · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Andrew Loughran · 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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