East and West Ness is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name East and West Ness 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 East and West Ness.

Listed Buildings Near East and West Ness

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of East and West Ness. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Ness Hall - 0.57 km
Manor Farmhouse - 0.98 km
East Ness Bridge - 1.3 km

East and West Ness Today

Today East and West Ness lies within the administrative area of Nunnington.

Read more about modern Ness on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

North Holme House - 1.4 km NE
Middelham - 1.4 km NW
Salton - 2.2 km NE
Riccal House - 2.2 km NW
South Holme - 2.2 km SE
Nunnington - 3.0 km W

Heritage Around [East and West] Ness

Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.

Well it looks like a barn! (2009)
© Matthew Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footbridge from the National Trust car park to Nunnington Hall (2008)
© Wesley Trevor Johnston · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footbridge towards Nunnington Hall (2010)
© hayley green · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.

East and West Ness in the Domesday Book (1086)