Bicherun in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bicherun, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Skyrack
- Adel
- Allerton [Bywater]
- Alwoodley
- Arthington
- Austhorpe
- Baildon
- Bardsey
- Barwick [in Elmet]
- Bichertun
- Bingley
- Birkby [Hill]
- Bramhope
- Burden [Head]
- Burley [in Wharfedale]
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Bicherun 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 Bicherun.
Listed Buildings Near Bicherun
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Bicherun. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Clifton Cottage and Ash Tree Cottage - 0.41 km
- Grange Farmhouse and Fairfax Cottage - 0.43 km
- Old Hall Farmhouse - 0.45 km
- Sunnyview Farmhouse - 0.48 km
- Cherry Tree Farmhouse - 0.48 km
- Well Farmhouse and Attached Barn - 0.49 km
- Sundial Farmhouse - 0.53 km
- Carr Side Farmhouse and Adjoining Outhouse - 0.71 km
- Dob Park House - 1.21 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Bicherun
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 9 lie within roughly a mile of Bicherun:
- Cairn 6m in diameter south of track east of plantation on Weston Moor 300m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage - 1.22 km
- Rock with five or more cups south of track on Weston Moor 300m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage - 1.25 km
- Rock with one cup mark east of the plantation on Weston Moor 380m north west of Weston Moor Cottage - 1.33 km
- Rock with at least eight cups south of track on Weston Moor 480m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage - 1.39 km
- Cairn 7m in diameter north of track east of plantation on Weston Moor 450m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage - 1.39 km
- Rock with at least two cups and a groove east of the plantation on Weston Moor 450m north west of Weston Moor Cottage - 1.41 km
- Cup, ring and groove marked rock south of track on Weston Moor 500m WNW of Weston Moor Cottage - 1.42 km
- Rock with large oval cup east of plantation on Weston Moor 830m WSW of Dob Park House Farm - 1.44 km
- Carved rock near north east corner of the plantation on Weston Moor 550m north west of Weston Moor Cottage - 1.49 km
Bicherun Today
Today Bicherun lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 149 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 Newall with Clifton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Bicherun
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.
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© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris Heaton · 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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