Bestham in the Domesday Book (1086)
Bestham is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burghshire
- Addlethorpe
- Aismunderby
- Aldfield
- Allerton [Mauleverer]
- Arkendale
- Askwith
- Azerley
- Barrowby [Grange]
- Beckwith [House]
- Besthaim
- Bewerley
- Bilton
- Birstwith
- Bramley [Grange]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Bestham 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 Bestham.
Listed Buildings Near Bestham
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Bestham. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Swinsty Hall - 1.3 km
Grade II*
- Church of St Lawrence - 0.39 km
Grade II
- Ivy Cottage - 0.33 km
- Memorial to John Brerey Approximately 10 Metres East of North-east Corner of Church of St Lawrence - 0.39 km
- Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence - 0.41 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Bestham
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Roger Nunn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Tom Blackwell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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