Brigham in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Brigham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Torbar
- Argam
- Burton [Fleming]
- Elestolf
- Elmswell
- Estolf
- Folkton
- Fordon
- Foston [on the Wolds]
- Garton [on the Wolds]
- Gembling
- Hunmanby
- Ledemare
- Muston
- Nafferton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Brigham 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 Brigham.
Brigham Today
Today Brigham lies within the administrative area of Foston.
Read more about modern Brigham on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Elestolf - 0.0 km N
- Estolf - 0.0 km N
- North Frodingham - 2.0 km E
- Rotsea - 2.2 km SW
- Foston on the Wolds - 3.6 km NE
- Skerne - 3.6 km NW
Heritage Around Brigham
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.
© Andy Beecroft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Dr Patty McAlpin · 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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