Airy Holme in the Domesday Book (1086)

Airy Holme is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

• Acklam
• Aislaby
• Arnodestorp
• Baldebi
• Barnaby
• Barwick
• Battersby
• Bergolbi
• Berguluesbi
• Blaten [Carr]
• Borrowby
• Breck
• Brotton
• Caldenesche

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Airy Holme 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 Airy Holme.

Listed Buildings Near Airy Holme

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Airy Holme. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Farmbuildings and Walls to South West of Airyholme Farmhouse - 0.3 km
• Airyholme Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding to South East - 0.32 km
• The White House and Attached Walls - 0.54 km
• The Shooting Box at Roseberry Topping - 0.84 km
• Wall and Stable Buildings to North East of Cleveland Lodge - 1.01 km
• Cleveland Lodge - 1.06 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Airy Holme

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Airy Holme:

• Ayton Banks alum works - 1.46 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Little Ayton - 1.0 km S
• Great Ayton - 1.4 km SW
• Newton - 2.2 km NW
• Pinchinthorpe Hall - 3.0 km N
• Easby - 3.0 km S
• Hutton Lowcross - 3.6 km NE