Fairburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Fairburn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Barkston

• Barkston
• Barlow
• Birkin
• Bramham
• Brayton
• Burton [Hall]
• Camblesforth
• Carlton
• Clifford
• Drax
• Grimston [Grange]
• Hambleton
• Hazelwood [Castle]
• Hunchilhuse

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Fairburn 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 Fairburn.

Listed Buildings Near Fairburn

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Fairburn. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Fairburn War Memorial - 0.56 km
• Milestone approximately 50 metres south of junction with Burton Salmon Lane - 1.12 km
• Gate Piers Approximately 50 Metres North West of Fryston Hall Farmhouse - 1.14 km
• Cart Shed Approximately 75 Metres South South West of Fryston Hall Farmhouse - 1.2 km
• Stable Block Approximately 50 Metres South West of Fryston Hall Farmhouse - 1.21 km
• Gatepiers Approximately 20 Metres South of Stable Block at Fryston Hall Farm - 1.23 km

Fairburn Today

Today Fairburn lies within the administrative area of Selby, and the settlement recorded a population of 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 Fairburn on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Water Fryston - 1.4 km SW
• Wheldale - 2.2 km SW
• Ledsham - 2.8 km NW
• Newton Wallis - 3.0 km W
• Ferry Fryston - 3.2 km S
• Ledston - 4.1 km W