The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Burrill, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burrill at 15 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Burrill supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 13 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 9 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Burrill was worth 10 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 9 shillings – a fall of 9%. 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 Burrill (1086)

Churches: 1
Woodland: 20 swine render

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Burrill 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 Burrill.

Listed Buildings Near Burrill

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Burrill. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I