Copt Hewick in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Copt Hewick, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Hallikeld

• Brampton [Hall]
• Caldeuuelle
• Cundall
• Dishforth
• Ellenthorpe [Hall]
• Givendale
• Hashundebi
• Holme
• Howgrave
• Hutton [Conyers]
• Kirby [Hill]
• Leckby [Palace]
• Markington
• Milby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Copt Hewick 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 Copt Hewick.

Listed Buildings Near Copt Hewick

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

Grade II

• Hewick Bridge Over River Ure - 0.46 km
• Yellow House - 0.83 km
• Clock Tower - 0.94 km
• Boundary Wall With Gates to Church and School - 0.96 km
• School - 0.96 km
• Church of the Holy Innocents - 0.98 km
• Lock House - 1.23 km
• Sharow Hall - 1.29 km
• Stables to Sharow Hall - 1.29 km

Copt Hewick Today

Today Copt Hewick lies within the administrative area of Harrogate, and the settlement recorded a population of 199 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 Copt Hewick on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Suthauuic - 0.0 km N
• Sutheuuic - 0.0 km N
• Givendale - 1.0 km S
• Bridge Hewick - 1.4 km NE
• Littlethorpe - 1.4 km SW
• Hashundebi - 1.4 km NW