Burstwick in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Burstwick, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burstwick at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Burstwick supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 15 smallholders, working 8 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Burstwick was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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.
Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]
- Andrebi
- Camerton [Hall]
- Dimlington
- Easington
- Grimston
- Halsham
- Hilston
- Hollym
- Holmpton
- Keyingham
- Kilnsea
- Monkwith
- Newton [Garth]
- Nuthill
The Meaning of the Name
The name Burstwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Burstwick.
Listed Buildings Near Burstwick
Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Burstwick. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of All Saints - 0.58 km
Grade II
- Burstwick House - 0.24 km
- The Cottage - 0.32 km
Burstwick Today
Today Burstwick lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 1,862 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 Burstwick on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Totleys Farm - 1.0 km E
- Skeckling - 1.0 km N
- Camerton Hall - 1.4 km SW
- Thorngumbald - 2.2 km SW
- Nuthill - 2.2 km NW
- Keyingham - 2.8 km SE
Heritage Around Burstwick
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.
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Andy Beecroft · 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.
Location
53.7292°N, -0.1429°W · Holderness [South Hundred] hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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