Cliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cliffe, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Howden

• Asselby
• Babthorpe
• Barlby
• Barmby [on the Marsh]
• Barnhill [Hall]
• Belby [House]
• Bowthorpe
• Brackenholme
• Burland [House]
• Cavil
• Cotness [Hall]
• Eastrington
• Hagthorpe
• Hemingbrough

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cliffe 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 Cliffe.

Listed Buildings Near Cliffe

Historic England records 16 listed buildings within about a mile of Cliffe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Mary the Virgin - 1.13 km

Grade II

• Crayker House - 0.21 km
• The White House - 0.42 km
• Top End House - 0.48 km
• The Villa - 0.86 km
• The Hollies - 0.96 km
• Hoton House - 0.99 km
• Cowshed and Granary to the Old Hall - 1.04 km
• The Old Hall - 1.05 km
• Hawthorn House - 1.07 km
• Tythe Farm - 1.09 km
• Coach House and Stables to Tythe Farm - 1.1 km
• Yeoman’s Farm - 1.14 km
• Church Farmhouse - 1.15 km
• The Orchard - 1.19 km
• Old Village School - 1.29 km

Cliffe Today

Today Cliffe lies within the administrative area of Selby, and the settlement recorded a population of 1,378 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 Cliffe on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Hemingbrough - 1.4 km SE
• South Duffield - 2.8 km NE
• Osgodby - 2.8 km NW
• Bowthorpe - 3.6 km NE
• Babthorpe - 3.6 km SE
• Barlow - 3.6 km SW