Burland House is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Burland House 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 Burland House.

Scheduled Monuments Near Burland House

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Burland House:

Moated site at Manor Farm, Portington - 1.17 km

Burland House Today

Today Burland House lies within the administrative area of Howden Rural District.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Cavil - 0.0 km N
Portington - 1.0 km E
Belby House - 1.0 km S
Thorpe Lidget - 1.4 km SW
Eastrington - 2.2 km SE
Owsthorpe - 3.0 km E

Heritage Around Burland [House]

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.

Howden Minster churchyard (2009)
© Paul Harrop · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Howden Minster tower (2009)
© Paul Harrop · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Howden Minster Tower at Sunset (2003)
© mym · 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.

Burland House in the Domesday Book (1086)