Didderston Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)

Didderston Grange is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

• Achebi
• Agglethorpe
• Ainderby [Mires]
• Ainderby [Quernhow]
• Aiskew
• Aldbrough
• Allerthorpe [Hall]
• Ascam
• Ascham
• Asebi
• Aske [Hall]
• Askrigg
• Aysgarth
• Baldersby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Didderston Grange is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. 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 farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Didderston Grange.

Listed Buildings Near Didderston Grange

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Didderston Grange. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Gatherley Moor Farmhouse - 1.14 km
• Blackhill Folly - 1.19 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Didderston Grange

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

• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary north west of High Merrybent - 1.02 km
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary north of Kirklands Farm - 1.34 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Melsonby - 1.4 km NE
• Hartforth - 1.4 km SW
• Gilling - 2.0 km S
• East Layton - 2.8 km NW
• Kneeton Hall - 3.2 km E
• Ravensworth - 4.0 km W