Ellel in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ellel, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Ellel 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 Ellel.

Listed Buildings Near Ellel

Historic England records 16 listed buildings within about a mile of Ellel. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Stile North of Entrance to Graveyard - 0.31 km
• Barker House Farmhouse - 0.31 km
• Sundial in Graveyard - 0.32 km
• Parish of Ellel War Memorial, Galgate - 0.62 km
• Church of St John - 0.63 km
• Ellel House - 0.67 km
• Galgate Silk Mill - 0.69 km
• Boundary Stone - 0.71 km
• Galgate Silk Mills - 0.74 km
• Milestone - 0.8 km
• Chapel Cottages - 0.82 km
• Boundary Stone - 1.01 km
• 31, Chapel Street - 1.01 km
• Lancaster Canal New Park Bridge New Park Bridge (No 89) - 1.1 km
• Galgate Old Bridge - 1.11 km
• Ellel Hall - 1.21 km

Ellel Today

Today Ellel lies within the administrative area of Lancaster, and the settlement recorded a population of 4,806 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 Ellel on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ashton Hall - 2.2 km NW
• Lower and Upper Thurnham - 2.8 km SW
• Scotforth - 3.0 km N
• Aldcliffe - 4.5 km NW
• Cockerham - 4.5 km SW
• Lonsdale - 4.5 km SW