Askrigg in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Askrigg, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
- Achebi
- Agglethorpe
- Ainderby [Mires]
- Ainderby [Quernhow]
- Aiskew
- Aldbrough
- Allerthorpe [Hall]
- Ascam
- Ascham
- Asebi
- Aske [Hall]
- Aysgarth
- Baldersby
- Barden
The Meaning of the Name
The name Askrigg is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word hryggr, a ridge. 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 ridge’.