Wadshelf in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wadshelf, 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 Wadshelf 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 Wadshelf.
Listed Buildings Near Wadshelf
Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Wadshelf. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Outbuilding at Hallcliff Farm - 0.12 km
- Temperance House - 0.41 km
- Methodist Chapel - 0.47 km
- Cruck Barn at the Bungalow - 0.51 km
- Loads House Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings - 0.69 km
- Farm Outbuilding to the West of Rufford Farmhouse - 0.84 km
- Range of Outbuildings to the North of Rufford Farmhouse - 0.86 km
- Outbuilding to East of Cairngorm - 0.87 km
- Rufford Farmhouse, Including Attached Boundary Wall - 0.88 km
- Cottage North East of Rufford Farmhouse - 0.92 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Wadshelf
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Wadshelf:
- Red lead mill, lead smelt mill, and corn mill to the east of Nether Loads Farm - 1.44 km
- Rodknoll fancy barrow - 1.54 km
Wadshelf Today
Today Wadshelf lies within the administrative area of Brampton.
Read more about modern Wadshelf on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Old Brampton - 2.2 km NE
- Holme - 3.6 km NE
- Walton - 4.1 km E
- Chatsworth - 5.0 km W
- Newbold and Upper Newbold - 5.0 km NE
- Great Barlow - 5.0 km NE
Heritage Around Wadshelf
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
© Alan Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Andrew Whale · 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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