Copgrove in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Copgrove is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

• Addlethorpe
• Aismunderby
• Aldfield
• Allerton [Mauleverer]
• Arkendale
• Askwith
• Azerley
• Barrowby [Grange]
• Beckwith [House]
• Besthaim
• Bestham
• Bewerley
• Bilton
• Birstwith

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Copgrove 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 Copgrove.

Listed Buildings Near Copgrove

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

Grade II*

• Church of St Michael - 0.24 km

Grade II

• Copgrove Hall - 0.35 km
• Gate Piers, Flanking Walls, Piers and Railings to Copgrove Hall Lodge - 0.4 km
• Lodge House to Copgrove Hall With Enclosed Yard on West Side - 0.41 km
• Fish Pond Bridge - 0.58 km

Copgrove Today

Today Copgrove lies within the administrative area of Harrogate, and the settlement recorded a population of 113 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 Copgrove on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Hilton - 0.0 km N
• Burton Leonard - 2.0 km W
• Walkingham Hill - 2.0 km S
• Staveley - 2.2 km SE
• Brearton - 2.8 km SW
• Westwick - 3.0 km N