Weston Underwood in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Weston Underwood, 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 Underwood 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 Underwood.
Listed Buildings Near Weston Underwood
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Weston Underwood. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Mile Post at Os 293 425 - 0.28 km
- Stores Cottage Wilmot Cottage - 0.4 km
- Inn Farmhouse - 0.41 km
- Hall Close Farmhouse - 1.13 km
- Mill at Trent Trout Farm - 1.14 km
- Hollybush Cottages - 1.22 km
- Netherfield Farmhouse - 1.27 km
- Milepost at Os 304 415 - 1.27 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Weston Underwood
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Weston Underwood:
Weston Underwood Today
Today Weston Underwood lies within the administrative area of Amber Valley, and the settlement recorded a population of 302 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 Weston Underwood on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Weston [Underwood]
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.
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© Mick Malpass · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© K A · 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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