Birkin in the Domesday Book (1086)

Birkin appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Barkston

• Barkston
• Barlow
• Bramham
• Brayton
• Burton [Hall]
• Camblesforth
• Carlton
• Clifford
• Drax
• Fairburn
• Grimston [Grange]
• Hambleton
• Hazelwood [Castle]
• Hunchilhuse

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Birkin 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 Birkin.

Listed Buildings Near Birkin

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Birkin. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Mary - 0.57 km

Grade II

• Pair of Gatepiers to Birkin Hall Approximately Twenty Five Metres South of the Church of St Mary - 0.52 km
• Coffin Approximately One Metre North of Tower of Church of St Mary - 0.58 km
• Birkin Grange - 0.69 km
• Birkin House - 0.77 km

Birkin Today

Today Birkin lies within the administrative area of Selby, and the settlement recorded a population of 124 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 Birkin on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Beal - 1.0 km S
• Kellington - 2.8 km SE
• Knottingley - 3.6 km SW
• Roall Hall - 3.6 km SE
• High and Low Eggborough - 4.2 km SE
• Ferry Fryston - 5.4 km W