Austwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

Austwick appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham
• Bispham

The Meaning of the Name

The name Austwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Austwick

Historic England records 33 listed buildings within about a mile of Austwick. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• The Cuddy and Garden Cottage - 0.09 km
• K6 telephone kiosk, Austwick - 0.12 km
• Church of the Epiphany - 0.14 km
• Woodview - 0.14 km
• Base to Market Cross and Pillar - 0.14 km
• Moughton Cottage - 0.14 km
• Cheetham Cottage - 0.15 km
• Ivy Cottage - 0.16 km
• Huntly House - 0.16 km
• Game Cock Inn - 0.17 km
• Yew Tree Cottage - 0.17 km
• Sunny Bank - 0.19 km
• Hollin Hill - 0.2 km
• Harden Cottage - 0.23 km
• Pant Cottage (South) - 0.25 km
• Leigh House - 0.25 km
• Town End and Town End Cottages - 0.26 km
• The Traddock - 0.26 km
• The Knoll - 0.26 km
• Norcliffe - 0.28 km
• Harden - 0.33 km
• Bridge end and Bridge House - 0.33 km
• Battle Hill - 0.36 km
• Austwick Bridge - 0.39 km

…and 9 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Austwick

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

• Native settlement - 0.79 km

Austwick Today

Today Austwick lies within the administrative area of Craven, and the settlement recorded a population of 453 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 Austwick on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Heldetune - 1.0 km W
• Clapham - 2.2 km NW
• Stackhouse - 5.8 km SE
• Stainforth - 6.1 km E
• Giggleswick - 6.4 km SE
• Horton in Ribblesdale - 6.4 km NE