Aldfield is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Aldfield is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word feld, open country, while the first element appears to represent the old. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the old open land’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Aldfield

Historic England records 13 listed buildings within about a mile of Aldfield. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

Church of St Mary - 0.95 km

Grade II*

Grade II

Church House - 0.03 km
Gates, Piers and Overthrow to Church of Saint Lawrence - 0.03 km
Druids Farmhouse - 0.4 km
School House - 0.58 km
The Obelisk Approximately 80 Metres West of Church of St Mary - 0.88 km
Mallard Grange - 0.91 km
Boundary Wall With West and South Gates, Church of St Mary - 0.92 km
The Pheasantry With Wall, Railings and Gate on West Side of Lady Rash Walk - 0.97 km
Well-head at Aldfield Spa Approximately 700 Metres South West of Druids Farm - 1.15 km
Revetment Walls, Terraces and Steps on North Side of Fountains Hall - 1.3 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Aldfield

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

Fountains Cistercian Abbey; monastic precinct, mill, water management works, agricultural and industrial features and 18th century gardens - 1.53 km

Aldfield Today

Today Aldfield lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 72 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 Aldfield on Wikipedia .