The settlement of Buttercrambe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Buttercrambe at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Buttercrambe supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 10 smallholders, 12 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Buttercrambe was worth 5.25 shillings, up from 4 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

Resources Recorded at Buttercrambe (1086)

Mills: 1 mill (valued at 7d)
Meadow: 8 acres
Woodland: 20 swine render

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Buttercrambe 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 Buttercrambe.

Listed Buildings Near Buttercrambe

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Buttercrambe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*