Eldeberge in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Eldeberge, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

• Adwick [le Street]
• Adwick [upon Dearne]
• Armthorpe
• Aston
• Attercliffe
• Auckley
• Aughton [Hall]
• Austerfield
• Balby
• Barnbrough
• Barnby [Dun]
• Bentley
• Bilham [House]
• Billingley

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Eldeberge 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 Eldeberge.

Listed Buildings Near Eldeberge

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Eldeberge. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Rainborough Lodges and Gates - 1.2 km

Grade II

• Brampton Hall - 0.24 km
• School house and attached school room at Brampton Ellis Junior School - 0.37 km
• Christ Church - 0.78 km
• Beech House, 214 High Street, West Melton - 0.8 km
• Highfield Farm - 0.83 km
• United Reformed Church - 0.92 km
• Barn to the north of Nos 143 and 145, Melton High Street - 1.01 km
• 131-133, Melton High Street - 1.05 km

Eldeberge Today

Today Eldeberge lies within the administrative area of Rotherham, and the settlement recorded a population of 4,921 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 Brampton Bierlow on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Brampton Bierlow - 0.0 km N
• West Melton - 1.0 km E
• Wath upon Dearne - 2.2 km SE
• Toftes - 2.8 km NW
• Wombwell - 2.8 km NW
• Newhill - 2.8 km SE