Bilbrough in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bilbrough, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Ainsty
- Acaster [Malbis]
- Acaster [Selby]
- Acomb
- Appleton [Roebuck]
- Askham [Bryan]
- Askham [Richard]
- Bickerton
- Bilton
- Bishopthorpe
- Bithen
- Bolton [Percy]
- Catterton
- Colton
- Copmanthorpe
The Meaning of the Name
The name Bilbrough is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place. 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 stronghold’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Bilbrough.
Listed Buildings Near Bilbrough
Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Bilbrough. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- The Old Manor House - 0.31 km
- Milestone 1.05 Miles South-west of Askham Fields Lane - 0.41 km
- Rose Cottage - 0.58 km
- Church of St James - 0.59 km
- Grange Farmhouse - 0.61 km
- Gates and Piers to Stableyard of Bilbrough Grange 2 Metres to Right of House - 0.62 km
- Gates and Piers to Bilbrough Grange 3 Metres South-east of House - 0.63 km
- Bilbrough Grange - 0.63 km
- Bilbrough Manor - 0.64 km
- Summer House to Bilbrough Grange - 0.68 km
- Gates and Piers to Bilbrough Grange (Qv) 60 Metres West of House - 0.72 km
- Milestone Approximately 100 Metres South of Junction With Colton Lane - 1.28 km
Bilbrough Today
Today Bilbrough lies within the administrative area of Selby, and the settlement recorded a population of 348 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 Bilbrough on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Askham Richard - 2.0 km N
- Steeton Hall - 2.0 km S
- Catterton - 2.2 km SW
- Colton - 2.2 km SE
- Askham Bryan - 2.8 km NE
- Copmanthorpe - 3.0 km E
Heritage Around Bilbrough
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.
© DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Betty Longbottom · 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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