Cowlam in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Toreshou

• Cottam
• Croom [House]
• Helperthorpe
• Kirby [Grindalythe]
• Knapton
• Newton
• Sherburn
• Sledmere
• Thirkleby [Manor]
• Turodebi
• Ulchiltorp
• Weaverthorpe
• [East and West] Lutton
• [East] Heslerton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cowlam 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 Cowlam.

Listed Buildings Near Cowlam

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Cowlam. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Church of St Mary - 0.03 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Cowlam

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Cowlam:

• Round barrow 700m north east of Collingwood Farm - 1.13 km
• Linear earthwork north east of Collingwood Farm - 1.38 km

Cowlam Today

Today Cowlam lies within the administrative area of Cottam.

Read more about modern Cowlam on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Croom House - 3.0 km W
• Sledmere - 3.2 km W
• Cottam - 3.2 km E
• Langtoft - 4.5 km NE
• Ulchiltorp - 4.5 km NW
• Thirkleby Manor - 5.0 km NW