Elestolf in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Elestolf is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Elestolf at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Elestolf supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 8 smallholders, 9 slaves, working 11 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Elestolf was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10 shillings – a fall of 16%. 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 Elestolf (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 13d)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
Other Settlements in Torbar
- Argam
- Brigham
- Burton [Fleming]
- Elmswell
- Estolf
- Folkton
- Fordon
- Foston [on the Wolds]
- Garton [on the Wolds]
- Gembling
- Hunmanby
- Ledemare
- Muston
- Nafferton
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Elestolf 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 Elestolf.
Elestolf Today
Today Elestolf lies within the administrative area of Foston.
Read more about modern Brigham on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Brigham - 0.0 km N
- Estolf - 0.0 km N
- North Frodingham - 2.0 km E
- Rotsea - 2.2 km SW
- Foston on the Wolds - 3.6 km NE
- Skerne - 3.6 km NW
Heritage Around Elestolf
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.
© Andy Beecroft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Dr Patty McAlpin · 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.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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