Girlington Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Girlington Hall, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

• Achebi
• Agglethorpe
• Ainderby [Mires]
• Ainderby [Quernhow]
• Aiskew
• Aldbrough
• Allerthorpe [Hall]
• Ascam
• Ascham
• Asebi
• Aske [Hall]
• Askrigg
• Aysgarth
• Baldersby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Girlington Hall is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. 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 farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Girlington Hall

Historic England records 33 listed buildings within about a mile of Girlington Hall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Mary - 1.24 km

Grade II*

• Girlington Hall Farmhouse - 0.36 km
• Wycliffe Hall - 0.99 km

Grade II

• Old Schoolroom to North East of Roman Catholic Church of St Mary - 0.48 km
• Presbyterry to Roman Catholic Church of St Mary - 0.5 km
• Roman Catholic Church of St Mary - 0.5 km
• Railings, Piers and Gates, to West of Roman Catholic Church of St Mary - 0.51 km
• Granary and Stable to West of West Middleton Farmhouse - 0.78 km
• Barn and Attached Farmbuildings to North of West Middleton Farmhouse - 0.79 km
• West Middleton Farmhouse - 0.81 km
• Walls to South of West Middleton Farmhouse - 0.85 km
• Cartshed and Granary 50 Metres North of Hutton Hall Farmhouse - 0.88 km
• Outbuildings and Yard Walls to North of Hutton Hall Farmhouse - 0.91 km
• Hutton Hall Farmhouse - 0.93 km
• Garden Walls and Outbuilding to South of Hutton Hall Farmhouse - 0.95 km
• Church of St Mary - 1.01 km
• Lych Gate to Church of St Mary - 1.01 km
• Oak Tree Inn and Adjacent Cottage - 1.02 km
• Water Tap and Tablet Opposite Oak Tree Inn - 1.02 km
• Cross Base 4 Metres South of Church of St Mary - 1.03 km
• Garden Wall and Attached Outbuilding to North West of Wycliffe Hall - 1.04 km
• Hutton Farmhouse - 1.13 km
• Cartshed/granary South-west of Ovington Hall - 1.22 km
• Farmbuilding Range to West of Ovington Hall - 1.25 km

…and 9 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Girlington Hall

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Girlington Hall:

• Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Hutton Hall - 1.05 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Hutton Magna - 1.0 km S
• Ovington - 1.4 km NE
• Wycliffe - 1.4 km NW
• Thorpe Hall - 2.2 km NW
• Newsham - 3.6 km SW
• Caldwell - 4.0 km E