Chiluesmersc in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Chiluesmersc is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Dic
- Aislaby
- Allerston
- Appleton [le Moors]
- Aschelesmersc
- Aschilesmares
- Barton [le Street]
- Baschebi
- Baschesbi
- Brompton
- Burniston
- Burton [Dale]
- Cawthorn
- Cayton
- Chigogemers
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Chiluesmersc 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 Chiluesmersc.
Scheduled Monuments Near Chiluesmersc
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 3 lie within roughly a mile of Chiluesmersc:
- Leaf Howe round barrow - 0.61 km
- Old Wife’s Mound round barrow, 750m north west of Low Leaf Howe House - 0.73 km
- Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm - 1.07 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Chiluesmersc
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.
© John Proctor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Steve Partridge · 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.
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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