The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Acklam, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Acklam

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Acklam is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

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

Listed Buildings Near Acklam

Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Acklam. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Woodlands - 0.12 km
Merton House - 0.27 km
1-5, Main Street - 0.31 km
House Formerly Known As Bassetts, Opposite Number 4 and 5 Main Street - 0.33 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Acklam

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 12 lie within roughly a mile of Acklam:

…and 2 more.

Acklam Today

Today Acklam lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 156 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 Acklam on Wikipedia .