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Abney
Habenai: William Peverel.
Abney Grange. William Newton, the minstrel, was born at Cockney Farm.
Alfreton
Elstretune: Ingran from Roger de Bully.
Industrialized market town; Alfreton Park.
Alkmonton
Alchementune: Ralph from Henry de Ferrers.

Allestree
Adelardestreu: Earl Hugh.

Alsop (en) le Dale
Elleshope: Coln from the king.

Alvaston
Aleuuoldestune: Geoffrey d'Alselin. Church, mill.
On the River Derwent. St. Michael's Church has a Saxon coffin lid.
Ambaston
Emboldestune: Geoffrey d'Alselin. Church, mill.

Arleston
Erlestune: Henry de Ferrers.

Ash
Eisse: Robert from Henry de Ferrers.

Ashbourne
Essburne: King's land. Church. Ł40 of pure silver.
Market town on the Henmore Brook. Wesley preached here; Thomas Moore and Rousseau both lived here; Dr. Johnson stayed at the Green Man Inn.
Ashford (in the Water)
Aisseford: King's land. Mill, mill site, lead mine.
Remains of a moat from the 14th century fortified house that belonged to Edward II's brother.
Ashover
Essorre: Serlo from Ralph FitzHubert. Church, mill.
Lead-mining. All Saints' Church has an important Norman font. Dorothy Mately of Ashover was immortalized in Bunyan's The Life and Death of Mr Badman (1680).
Aston (near Hope)
Estune: King's land, in the charge of William Peverel.
Aston Hall (1578) is probably the first Renaissance building in the Peak District.
Aston (near Sudbury)
Estune: Alchere from Henry de Ferrers.

Aston-upon-Trent
Estune: Uhtbrand from the king; Henry de Ferrers.
Aston Hall.
Atlow
Etelauue: Henry de Ferrers.

Bakewell
Badequella: King's land. Church, mill, lead mine. Outliers: Burton, Conkesbury, Haddon, Holme, Monyash, One Ash, Rowsley.
Central town of the Peak District, where the famous Bakewell tart originated; Roman and Saxon well sites. Chatsworth and Haddon Hall are nearby.
Ballidon
Betidene: Ralph FitzHubert.
Prehistoric burial chambers on the crest of Minning Low hill; partly Norman chapel.
Bamford
Banford: Ralph FitzHubert.
It has had an association with cotton spinning ever since the original corn mill was converted 200 years ago.
Barlborough
Barleburg: Robert from Ralph FitzHubert. Church, 2 mills.
Barlborough Hall; Barlborough House.
Barlow
Barleie: Hascoit Musard; the king's thanes.

Barrow-upon-Trent
Bar(e)uue: King's land; Henry de Ferrers; Ralph FitzHubert, the pre-Conquest holder.

Barton Blount
Barctune: Ralph from Henry de Ferrers. Church, 2 mills.

Baslow
Basselau: King's land.
Old packhorse toll bridge. Eagle Stone at Baslow Edge is a great gritstone boulder.
Bearwardcote
Bereuuardescote: Burton Abbey; Henry de Ferrers.

Beeley
Begelie: King's land.
Scattered, with a brook running through it.
Beighton
Bectune: Roger de Poitou, the pre-Conquest holder; Ralph FitzHubert; Leofwin from Roger de Bully.

Birchill
Berceles: King's land.
Birchill Bank Wood; Birchill Bank Farm.
Birchover
Barcovere: Henry de Ferrers, the pre-Conquest holder.
Museum of Bronze Age finds from Stanton Moor.
Blackwell (near Tideswell)
Blacheuuelle: King's land.
Jedediah Strutt, who with Arkwright invented the spinning jenny, had a farm here.
Blingsby
Blanghesbi: King's land, formerly Roger de Poitou.

Bolsover
Belesovre: Robert from William Peverel.
Town. Bolsover Castle is Jacobean with a Norman keep. Charles I was entertained here with a masque by Ben Jonson.
Bonsall
Bunteshale: King's land.
Lead-mining; evidence of population in c.2000 BC. In the 19th century, it was a centre for framework knitting.
Boulton
Boletune: Ralph FitzHubert.
With Alvaston.
Boyleston
Boilestun: Roger from Henry de Ferrers. Mill.
200 Cavaliers were captured in Boylestone Church by Roundheads.
Boythorpe
Buitorp: King's land.

Bradbourne
Bradeburne: Henry de Ferrers. Church.
The shaft of an 8th century cross remains in its churchyard.
Bradley (in Belper)
Bradelei: Henry de Ferrers. Church, 2 mills.

Bradley (near Ashbourne)
Braidelei: Henry de Ferrers.
Dr Johnson often visited Bradley Hall.
Bradwell
Bradewelle: William Peverel.
Plain quarrying; formerly lead-mining. A well-dressing festival is held in August. Bagshaw Cavern is in Bradwell Dale.
Brailsford
Brailesford: Elfin from Henry de Ferrers. ˝ church, mill.
There is a circular Saxon cross at All Saints Church.
Bramley
Branlege: Roger de Bully.

Brampton
Brandune / tune: Walter d'Aincourt; Hascoit Musard.

Brassington
Branzinctun: Henry de Ferrers.
Quarrying; formerly a lead-mining centre. It is set among limestone caves in which prehistoric animal bones were found.
Breadsall
Braideshale: Henry de Ferrers and Robert from him. Church, mill.
Normal All Saints Church was set on fire by suffragettes (1914). Erasmus Darwin spent his last years in Breadsall Priory.
Breaston
Bradestune / Braidestone / -tune: Herbert from Henry de Ferrers; Geoffrey d'Alselin and Gilbert de Ghent; the pre-Conquest holders; Mauger from Gilbert de Ghent; Fulk from Roger de Bully.
Suburb of Long Eaton.
Bretby
Bretebi: King's land.
Attractive; Bretby Park; earthworks in Castle Field.
Brimington
Brimintune: King's land.

Broadlowash
Bredelauue: King's land.

Bubnell
Bubenenli: King's land.
Attractive 17th century hall.
Bupton
Bubedene / dune: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066; Elfin from Henry de Ferrers. Church, mill.

Burley
Berleie: King's land. Church.
Burley Fields Farm in Darley Dale; Burley Hill; Burley Grange.
Burnaston
Burnulfestune: Henry de Ferrers.

Burton
Burtune: King's land.
Burton Close; Burton Moor.

Caldwell
Caldewelle: Burton Abbey.
Caldwell Hall, now a school.
Callow
Caldelauue: King's land.
Farm.
Calow
Calehale: Dolfin claims it from Steinulf and Dunning, the king's thanes.

Calver
Caluoure: King's land.
Calver Mill was used as the background on the television series on Colditz.
Carsington
Ghersintune: King's land. Outlier of Wirksworth.
Defoe is said to have discovered a mining family who were born and lived in a cave at Carsington Pasture.
Catton
Chetun: Nigel from Henry de Ferrers.

Chaddesden
Cedesdune: Henry de Ferrers, the pre-Conquest holder.

Charlesworth
Cheuenesuurde: King's land.
Medieval market town.
Chatsworth
Chetesuorde: King's land in the charge of William Peverel.
Chatsworth House, home of the Cavendish family and the Dukes of Devonshire, is one of Britain's greatest and most beautiful houses.
Chellaston
Cele / Celardestune: King's land; Almaric from Henry de Ferrers.
Famous in the Middle Ages for its alabaster quarries used for figure carving by Nottingham and Burton artists.
Chelton
Cellesdene:
Lost.
Chesterfield
Cestrefeld: King's land.
Large industrial town; the first town to be lighted by gas lamps.
Chisworth
Chiseuudre: King's land.

Chunal(l)
Ceolhal: King's land.

Church Broughton
Broctune: Henry de Ferrers.

Clifton
Cliptune: Ralph FitzHubert.

Clowne
Clune: Robert from Ralph FitzHubert; Ernwy from the king.
Markland Grips is an earthwork with a 600ft long, 7ft wide rampart.
Coal Aston
Estune: Leofwin, from the king.

Codnor
Cotenoure: Warner from William Peverel. Church, mill.
Town; 13th century Codnor Castle ruins.
Coldeaton
Eitune: Coln from the king.
Site of a pagan cremation ground.
Conk(e)sbury
Cranchesberie: King's land.
Old packhorse bridge.
Cotes in Darley
Cotes: King's land. Church.
Cotes Park in Alfreton district.
Coton-in-the-Elms
Cotes / Cotune: Burton Abbey from the king.

Cottons
Codetune: King's land. Henry de Ferrers.
Cottons Farm.
Cowley
Collei: Swein from Henry de Ferrers.

Coxbench
Herdebi: Henry de Ferrers; Ralph de Buron. Church. 2 mills.

Crich
Crice: Ralph FitzHubert. Lead mine.
Mining; Crich Cliff quarry. Crich Stand war memorial is 950ft above sea level on a limestone cliff.
Cromford
Crunforde: King's land. Church.
Market town with an old mill (1771) where Richard Arkwright first used water power for a cotton mill.
Cubley
Cobelei: Ralph from Henry de Ferrers. Church, mill.
Now 2 hamlets, Little and Great Cubley, the latter on a Roman road.

Dalbury
Delbebi / Dellingeberie: Burton Abbey. Robert from Henry de Ferrers. Church.

Darley
Derelei(e): King's land formerly King Edward. Church. 2 sesters of honey. Ł40 of pure silver.
Church with a Norman font and Burne Jones window. A world-famous yew tree, allegedly England's oldest (2000 years), is in Darley Dale churchyard.
Denby
Denebi: Ralph de Buron. Mill site.
Denby Old Hall, an Elizabethan manor house.
Derby
Derby: King's land and the Abbot of Burton, Osmer the Priest and Godwin the Priest from the king; Earl Hugh; Geoffrey d'Alselin; Ralph FitzHubert; Norman of Lincoln; Edric; Henry de Ferrers. 4 churches, 4 residences, fishery.
County town with mainly 18th century centre. England's first silk mill was built here in 1717; engineering is its main industry.
Dinting
Dentinc: King's land.
Now Dinting Vale. Railway Centre is a railway museum.
Doveridge
Dubrige: St. Peirre sur Dives Abbey from Henry de Ferrers. Church, mill.
Ancient yew tree in St. Cuthbert's churchyard.
Drakelow
Drachelauue: Nigel of Stafford. Mill site.
Drakelow House.
Draycott
Draicott: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066. 2 churches, mill, fishery.

Dronfield
Dranefeld: King's land.
Small town. In 1643 Dronfielders complained to their Bishop that they had not heard a sermon for a year, or received the sacrament for 10 years.
Duckmanton
Dochemaneston: Geoffrey from Ralph FitzHubert.
Now Long Duckmanton.
Duffield
Duuelle: Henry de Ferrers. Church, 2 mills.
Small town. The mound of Duffield Castle, a formidable Norman fortress built by Henry de Ferrers, is at the bottom of Castle Hill.

Eaton Dovedale
Aitun: Alchere from Henry de Ferrers. Mill.

Eckington
Echintune: King's land; Ralph FitzHubert. Mill.
Town.
Edale
Aidele: King's land in the charge of William Peverel.
Marks the beginning of the Pennine Way.
Edensor
Ednesoure: Henry de Ferrers.
Near Chatsworth; a 19th century architectural fantasy with houses incorporating Swiss, Italian, Tudor and Jacobean elements; built by the Duke of Devonshire and designed by John Robertson of Derby.
Edlaston
Duluestune: Orm from Henry de Ferrers.

Ednaston
Ednodestun(e): Jocelyn from Earl Hugh; Geoffrey d'Alselin. ˝ church.

Egginton
Eghintune: Azelin from Geoffrey d'Alselin. Church, mill.
Attractive. St. Wilfrid's Church is c.1300.
Egstow
Tegestou: Robert from Ralph FitzHubert.

Elmton
Helmetune: Walter d'Aincourt. Church.

Elton
Eltune: Henry de Ferrers.
Its high street runs between limestone and gritstone.
Elvaston
Aluuoldestun: Geoffrey d'Alselin. Church, mill.
Elvaston Castle, partly 17th century, is the seat of the Earl of Harrington.
Etwall
Etewelle: Saswalo from Henry de Ferrers; Azelin from Geoffrey d'Alselin. Church.
Norman St. Helen's Church.
Eyam
Aivne: [Land of the King...] In (EYAM) Kaskin had 2 carucates of land taxable. Land for 2 ploughs. 12 villagers and 7 smallholders have 5 ploughs. Woodland pasture 1 league long and 1 wide. Value before 1066 and now 20s.

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