Healaugh in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Healaugh is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Ainsty

• Acaster [Malbis]
• Acaster [Selby]
• Acomb
• Appleton [Roebuck]
• Askham [Bryan]
• Askham [Richard]
• Bickerton
• Bilbrough
• Bilton
• Bishopthorpe
• Bithen
• Bolton [Percy]
• Catterton
• Colton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Healaugh 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 Healaugh.

Listed Buildings Near Healaugh

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Healaugh. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St John (Parish Church Originally Dedicated to St Helen, Now Dedicated to St John the Baptist) - 0.5 km

Grade II

• Wighill Lane Farmhouse - 0.27 km
• Jasmin Cottage - 0.39 km
• Ivy House - 0.39 km
• 15, Main Street - 0.4 km
• Rose Dene - 0.41 km
• Pair of Gate-piers to the Old Hall - 0.45 km
• Remains of stone cross approximately 30 metres west of The Old Hall (QV) - 0.46 km
• The Old Hall and Wall to Left With Seating Nook - 0.49 km

Healaugh Today

Today Healaugh lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 146 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 Healaugh on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Wighill - 2.2 km SW
• Haggenby - 2.2 km SW
• Catterton - 2.8 km SE
• Wighill Park - 3.2 km W
• Hutton Wandesley - 3.2 km N
• Malkton - 3.2 km S