Dacre appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Dacre at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Dacre supported a recorded population of 1 villager.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Dacre was worth 1 shilling; by 1086 that had dropped to 2d – a fall of 90%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

Resources Recorded at Dacre (1086)

Meadow: 4 acres
Woodland: 0.5 league * 4 furlongs mixed measures

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Dacre 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 Dacre.

Listed Buildings Near Dacre

Historic England records 23 listed buildings within about a mile of Dacre. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

Doughill Hall - 1.29 km

Grade II

Pyefield House - 0.38 km
Barn and Attached Hay Barn Approximately 5 Metres North East of Pyefield House - 0.39 km
Dacre Hall - 0.43 km
Sundial in Graveyard Approximately 15 Metres South of Providence Chapel - 0.55 km
Providence Chapel - 0.56 km
Manor House Farmhouse - 0.7 km
Barn Approximately 15 Metres East of Manor House - 0.73 km
Darley Mill With Attached Chimney - 0.79 km
Darley Mill House - 0.82 km
Low Hall - 0.87 km
Laburnum House and Barn - 0.93 km
Quaker Burial Ground Approximately 300 Metres North-west of Beasting Farm - 0.93 km
Wesleyan Chapel - 0.94 km
Stocks - 0.97 km
Stable, Cartshed and Hay Loft Range 10 Metres South West of Dowgill Farmhouse - 1.07 km
Dowgill Farmhouse - 1.09 km
Throstle Nest - 1.09 km
Farm Building Approximately 20 Metres South of Throstle Nest - 1.09 km
Farmbuilding Approximately 100 Metres South West of Dougill Hall - 1.22 km
Barn and Byre Range Approximately 100 Metres West of Dougill Hall - 1.24 km
Garden Walls With Gate Piers and Gates to South and North of Dougill Hall - 1.27 km
Sundial Approximately 15 Metres South of Dougill Hall - 1.28 km

Dacre Today

Today Dacre lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 764 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 Dacre on Wikipedia .