Fishwick in the Domesday Book (1086)
Fishwick appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, 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 name Fishwick 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 Fishwick.
Listed Buildings Near Fishwick
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Fishwick. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Preston Abstinence Memorial - 0.76 km
- Cuerdale Hall - 1.06 km
- Carthouse and Stable Circa 30 Metres South of Cuerdale Hall - 1.06 km
- Barn Circa 75 Metres South of Cuerdale Hall - 1.07 km
- New Hall Lane Mill - 1.18 km
- Lower Brockholes Farmhouse - 1.28 km
Fishwick Today
Today Fishwick lies within the administrative area of Preston.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Walton -le-Dale - 1.4 km SW
- Preston - 2.0 km W
- Higher and Lower Penwortham - 3.2 km W
- Ashton on Ribble - 4.1 km W
- Grimsargh - 5.4 km N
- Haighton Hall - 6.1 km N
Heritage Around Fishwick
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.
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Patrick · 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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