Weston -on-Trent in the Domesday Book (1086)
Weston -on-Trent appears in the Domesday Book of 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 Weston -on-Trent is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the western. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the western farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Weston -on-Trent.
Listed Buildings Near Weston -on-Trent
Historic England records 15 listed buildings within about a mile of Weston -on-Trent. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of St Mary - 1.2 km
- Church of All Saints - 1.25 km
Grade II*
- Weston Hall - 0.3 km
- Aston Hall - 1.14 km
Grade II
- 41 Main Street - 0.53 km
- The White House - 0.69 km
- Trent and Mersey Canal Weston Lock - 0.69 km
- Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge at Weston Lock - 0.69 km
- Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost Near Weston Lock at Sk 407 277 - 0.74 km
- Rectory Farmhouse - 0.87 km
- Trent and Mersey Canal Scotch Bridge - 1.05 km
- Chest Tomb 5 metres north of south porch to All Saints Church - 1.26 km
- Chest Tomb 20 metres south of Lychgate to All Saints Church - 1.28 km
- Ledmore - 1.29 km
- Lychgate and Attached Churchyard Walls to All Saints Church - 1.29 km
Weston -on-Trent Today
Today Weston -on-Trent lies within the administrative area of Weston upon Trent, and the settlement recorded a population of 1,239 at the 2011 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 Weston-on-Trent on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Aston -on-Trent - 1.4 km NE
- Marsh? - 2.2 km NW
- Chellaston - 2.8 km NW
- Thulston - 3.0 km N
- Stanton -by-Bridge - 3.2 km W
- Shardlow - 3.6 km NE
Heritage Around Weston [-on-Trent]
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.
© Jerry Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Phil Myott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Jerry Evans · 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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