Bulmer is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bulmer at 6.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bulmer supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 12 smallholders, working 6 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Bulmer was worth 10 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8 shillings – a fall of 19%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

Resources Recorded at Bulmer (1086)

Churches: 1
Cattle: 4
Pigs: 20
Sheep: 200

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bulmer 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 Bulmer.

Listed Buildings Near Bulmer

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Bulmer. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

Church of St Martin - 0.36 km

Grade II

Illegible Headstone in Churchyard Approximately 9 Metres South of Priests Door of Church of St Martin - 0.37 km
Tomb of Iveson W– and Family in Churchyard Approximately 10 Metres South of Priests Door of Church of St Martin - 0.37 km
Tomb of John Turner in Churchyard Approximately 10 Metres South of South East Corner of Church of St Martin - 0.38 km
The Old Rectory - 0.41 km
Church Cottage - 0.44 km
Chapel Farmhouse - 0.47 km
Chapel Cottage Chapel View and Part of Chapel Farmhouse - 0.48 km
Grange Cottage - 0.52 km
Arch Cottage - 0.53 km
Village Hall - 0.64 km

Bulmer Today

Today Bulmer lies within the administrative area of Ryedale, and the settlement recorded a population of 165 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 Bulmer on Wikipedia .