Catwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

Catwick is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

• Arnestorp
• Arram
• Barmston
• Beeford
• Bewholme
• Brandesburton
• Catfoss [Hall]
• Chenecol
• Chenucol
• Chenuthesholm
• Cleeton
• Dringhoe
• Dunnington
• Goxhill

The Meaning of the Name

The name Catwick 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 Catwick.

Listed Buildings Near Catwick

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Catwick. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Michael - 0.53 km

Grade II

• Stable Block to Catwick House - 0.45 km
• Catwick House - 0.46 km
• Boundary Wall and Norman Gate, the Old Rectory Garden - 0.48 km
• Cobble Hall - 0.99 km

Catwick Today

Today Catwick lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 200 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 Catwick on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Catfoss Hall - 1.4 km NE
• Sigglesthorne - 2.0 km E
• Brandesburton - 2.8 km NW
• Leven - 3.0 km W
• Luuetotholm - 3.0 km W
• Seaton - 3.2 km E