Bernebi in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

• Arden [Hall]
• Asenby
• Bagby
• Baxby
• Bergebi
• Berghebi
• Boltby
• Breckenbrough
• Carlton [Husthwaite]
• Carlton [Miniott]
• Catton
• Coxwold
• Crakehill
• Crayke

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bernebi 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 Bernebi.

Listed Buildings Near Bernebi

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Bernebi. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Mary Magdalene - 1.11 km

Grade II

• Boundary Marker in centre of Birdforth Bridge - 0.22 km
• Mile Post on Birdforth Bridge - 0.22 km
• Church of St Mary - 0.31 km
• Barn at Thormanby Mill - 0.45 km
• The Old Rectory - 0.97 km
• Hall Farmhouse - 1.21 km

Bernebi Today

Today Bernebi lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 22 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 Birdforth on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Carlton Husthwaite - 1.4 km NE
• Thormanby - 1.4 km SE
• Baxby - 3.0 km E
• Sessay - 3.0 km W
• Thirkleby - 3.2 km N
• Islebeck Grange - 3.6 km NW