Grimeshou in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Grimeshou, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

• Adwick [le Street]
• Adwick [upon Dearne]
• Armthorpe
• Aston
• Attercliffe
• Auckley
• Aughton [Hall]
• Austerfield
• Balby
• Barnbrough
• Barnby [Dun]
• Bentley
• Bilham [House]
• Billingley

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Grimeshou 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 Grimeshou.

Listed Buildings Near Grimeshou

Historic England records 18 listed buildings within about a mile of Grimeshou. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Trinity Fir Vale Methodist Church - 0.2 km
• 18, 20 and 22, Page Hall Road - 0.21 km
• Church of St Cuthbert - 0.22 km
• Abbeygrange Nursing Home and Adjoining Former Stable Entrance - 0.27 km
• Goddard Hall - 0.49 km
• Chesterman House, Wycliffe House, main outbuilding range and boundary walls - 0.51 km
• Sheffield City Council Sport and Development Section District Office - 0.57 km
• Caretaker’s House to Earl Marshal Training Centre - 0.85 km
• Grimesthorpe Pump - 0.88 km
• Earl Marshal Training Centre and attached boundary walls - 0.88 km
• Longley Hall - 0.91 km
• Cottage, barn, coach house and stables, Norwood Grange - 0.92 km
• Firth Park Methodist Church, Adjoining Meeting Room and Boundary Wall - 0.99 km
• Lodge at North East Entrance to Bungreave Cemetery - 1.04 km
• War Memorial 400 Metres North East of Chapel at Burngreave Cemetery - 1.14 km
• Carr Wood House and Attached Wall and Gate Piers - 1.14 km
• War Memorial Cross 400 Metres North East of Chapel at Burngreave Cemetery - 1.14 km
• Greentop Circus Training Centre - 1.29 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Grimeshou

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

• Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement - 1.28 km

Grimeshou Today

Today Grimeshou lies within the administrative area of Sheffield.

Read more about modern Page Hall on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Attercliffe - 2.2 km SE
• Sheffield - 3.6 km SW
• Tinsley - 4.0 km E
• Wadsley - 4.0 km W
• Ecclesfield - 4.1 km N
• Kimberworth - 5.0 km NE