Whitfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Whitfield, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

• Abney
• Ashford [-in-the-Water]
• Aston
• Bakewell
• Bamford
• Baslow
• Beeley
• Birchills
• Birchover
• Blackwell
• Bradwell
• Bubnell
• Burley
• Burton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Whitfield is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word feld, open country. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a open land’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Whitfield.

Listed Buildings Near Whitfield

Historic England records 47 listed buildings within about a mile of Whitfield. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Whitfield Well - 0.07 km
• 35, Whitfield Cross - 0.1 km
• Flatt Farmhouse - 0.2 km
• 3 and 5, Hague Street - 0.2 km
• Numbers 7 and 29 and 31 and Stone Perron With Iron Rail to Front - 0.2 km
• The School House and Numbers 1 and 2 School Buildings - 0.2 km
• 22, 24 and 28, Hague Street - 0.26 km
• Hobb Hill Cottage - 0.26 km
• 40, Hague Street - 0.29 km
• 53, Hague Street - 0.29 km
• 55, 57 and 59, Hague Street - 0.31 km
• 52, 54 and 56, Hague Street - 0.32 km
• 61, Hague Street - 0.34 km
• 60, 62 and 64, Hague Street - 0.36 km
• Church of St James the Great - 0.38 km
• Lychgate and Wall to Church of St James the Great - 0.38 km
• Bodycheck - 0.4 km
• Wood Monument Approximately 40 Metres to South West Corner of Church of St James the Great - 0.42 km
• Re North and Co Limited and Attached Railings and Gate Piers - 0.42 km
• Two Lodges and Gates to Woods Mill and Attached Wall (Woods Mill Not Included) - 0.53 km
• Former Dollars Public House - 0.56 km
• 8-14, High Street East - 0.58 km
• Howard Town House - 0.58 km
• Town Hall and Market Hall With Attached Railings and Piers - 0.58 km

…and 23 more listed structures in the area.

Whitfield Today

Today Whitfield lies within the administrative area of High Peak.

Read more about modern Whitfield on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Old Glossop - 1.4 km NE
• Higher and Lower Dinting - 1.4 km NW
• Chunal - 2.0 km S
• Padfield and Little Padfield - 3.0 km N
• Charlesworth - 3.2 km W
• Hadfield - 3.2 km N