Etherdwick is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Etherdwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Etherdwick.

Listed Buildings Near Etherdwick

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Etherdwick. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Aldborough House - 1.05 km
George and Dragon Public House - 1.19 km

Etherdwick Today

Today Etherdwick lies within the administrative area of Aldbrough.

Read more about modern Etherdwick on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Tansterne - 1.0 km W
Aldbrough - 1.4 km NE
Flinton - 1.4 km SW
Bewick Hall - 2.0 km N
West Carlton - 2.2 km NW
East Newton - 3.0 km E

Heritage Around Etherdwick

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.

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.

Etherdwick in the Domesday Book (1086)