Hanlith in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hanlith, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

• Addingham
• Airton
• Anley
• Appletreewick
• Arncliffe
• Arnford
• Barnoldswick
• Bashall [Eaves]
• Battersby [Barn]
• Beamsley
• Birkby [Hall]
• Bogeuurde
• Bolton [Abbey]
• Bolton [by Bowland]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hanlith 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 Hanlith.

Listed Buildings Near Hanlith

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Hanlith. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Michael the Archangel - 1.28 km

Grade II

• Hellenstead Barn Grid Reference Sd 3905 4613 - 0.19 km
• Hanlith Hall Farmhouse - 0.53 km
• Hanlith Bridge - 0.69 km
• Yeomans Cottage - 1.14 km
• The Rookery - 1.14 km
• West Bank Farm - 1.19 km
• Tarka - 1.19 km
• Rose Cottage - 1.2 km
• K6 telephone kiosk, Kirkby Malham - 1.2 km
• Lamberts Halt - 1.22 km

Hanlith Today

Today Hanlith lies within the administrative area of Craven, and the settlement recorded a population of 33 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 Hanlith on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Malham - 1.0 km N
• Kirkby Malham - 1.4 km SW
• Airton - 2.0 km S
• Calton - 2.0 km S
• Scosthrop - 2.0 km S
• Winterburn - 4.2 km SE