Manor of Oxcroft

When Domesday Book was compiled in 1086 the whole of the modern parish of Bolsover formed a single manor. Probably in King John's reign (1199-1216) two outlying portions of the manor of Bolsover, at Oxcroft in the north of the parish, and Whaley in the east, were granted out by the Crown and became separate estates, whose history can be traced in outline down to modern times.

The only other estate of any size in Bolsover in the Middle Ages was that owned by Darley abbey (near Derby), who were granted the parish church of Bolsover around the middle of the 12th century and also given various pieces of land in the parish, mostly it seems at Bolsover Woodhouse.

The history of the manor at Whaley and of the estates of Darley abbey in Bolsover are the subject of separate items. See also the item on the Oxcroft Settlement for the 20th-century history of Oxcroft.