Askham Richard in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Askham Richard, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Ainsty

• Acaster [Malbis]
• Acaster [Selby]
• Acomb
• Appleton [Roebuck]
• Askham [Bryan]
• Bickerton
• Bilbrough
• Bilton
• Bishopthorpe
• Bithen
• Bolton [Percy]
• Catterton
• Colton
• Copmanthorpe

The Meaning of the Name

The name Askham Richard is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead or village. 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 homestead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Askham Richard

Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Askham Richard. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Mary - 0.47 km

Grade II

• Monument Adjacent to Exterior of East End of St Mary’s Church - 0.47 km
• Coffin, Approximately 4 Metres South of South Door of St Mary’s Church - 0.48 km
• Cedar Tree Farm - 0.52 km
• Prospect House - 0.55 km
• White Horse Farm - 0.59 km
• Rose Cottage - 0.66 km
• Jasmin Cottage - 0.67 km

Askham Richard Today

Today Askham Richard lies within the administrative area of City of York, and the settlement recorded a population of 308 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 Askham Richard on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Askham Bryan - 2.0 km E
• Bilbrough - 2.0 km S
• Rufforth - 3.2 km N
• Copmanthorpe - 3.6 km SE
• Hutton Wandesley - 3.6 km NW
• Catterton - 3.6 km SW