Earlsheaton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Earlsheaton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

• Ackton
• Almondbury
• Austonley
• Bradley
• Cartworth
• Crigglestone
• Crofton
• Dalton
• Emley
• Farnley [Tyas]
• Flockton
• Fulstone
• Golcar
• Hepworth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Earlsheaton 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 Earlsheaton.

Listed Buildings Near Earlsheaton

Historic England records 54 listed buildings within about a mile of Earlsheaton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Dewsbury Town Hall, including former Magistrates’ Court - 0.89 km
• Church of All Saints - 1.01 km

Grade II

• St Peter’s Parish Centre Including the Cottage - 0.19 km
• Providence Mill - 0.27 km
• Dewsbury Baptist Church, at Junction With Manor Street - 0.88 km
• Telephone Kiosk Outside Entrance to Town Hall - 0.88 km
• Former Eastborough Country School, Including Gatepiers, Gates and Railings Former Eastborough County School, Including Gatepiers, Gates and Railings - 0.89 km
• Barclay’s Bank - 0.95 km
• United Reformed Church - 0.98 km
• 27, Market Place - 1.01 km
• Pair of Telephone Kiosks on Central Reservation - 1.01 km
• 29, Market Place - 1.01 km
• 30 and 32, Market Place - 1.02 km
• Chickenley Heath Farmhouse and Outbuildings - 1.02 km
• 15, 17, 19 and 21, Market Place - 1.03 km
• The Arcade, Dewsbury - 1.03 km
• Station Hotel - 1.04 km
• The Black Bull Public House - 1.04 km
• 18 and 20, Corporation Street - 1.04 km
• 26, MARKET PLACE (See details for further address information) - 1.05 km
• 14 and 16, Market Place - 1.06 km
• HSBC, 14A, Market Place - 1.07 km
• 41 Daisy Hill, Dewsbury including setted rear yard - 1.08 km
• 63 Daisy Hill - 1.13 km

…and 30 more listed structures in the area.

Earlsheaton Today

Today Earlsheaton lies within the administrative area of Kirklees.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Dewsbury - 1.0 km W
• Hanging Heaton - 2.0 km N
• Ossett - 2.2 km SE
• Thornhill - 3.2 km S
• Batley - 3.2 km N
• Shitlington - 4.1 km S