Henderskelfe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Henderskelfe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

• Aldwark
• Alne
• Barnby [House]
• Barton [le Willows]
• Beningbrough
• Bossall
• Brafferton
• Brandsby
• Bulmer
• Buttercrambe
• Carlton [Farm]
• Claxton
• Coneysthorpe
• Corburn

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Henderskelfe 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 Henderskelfe.

Listed Buildings Near Henderskelfe

Historic England records 68 listed buildings within about a mile of Henderskelfe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Castle Howard and East Court - 0.39 km

Grade II*

• The Dairies (East House) - 0.28 km
• Gate piers, walls, gates and railings to entrance of Ray Wood - 0.34 km
• Castle Howard Reservoir Basin and Pedestal at Centre of Reservoir - 0.38 km
• Statue of A Satyr With Dog and Grapes, Sometimes Identified As Bacchus, and Pedestal - 0.44 km
• The Boar Garden Statue of Wild Boar and Pedestal - 0.44 km
• Medici Vase and Pedestal - 0.46 km
• Statue of Silenus With the Infant Bacchus and Pedestal Approximately 75 Metres North East of Atlas Fountain - 0.49 km
• Statue of Farnese Hercules and Pedestal - 0.52 km
• Statue of Faun With A Kid and Pedestal Approximately 75 Metres North West of Atlas Fountain - 0.52 km
• Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal - 0.53 km

Grade II

• The Boar Garden Urn and Pedestal Approximately 30 Metres North East of Statue of Wild Boar - 0.41 km
• The Boar Garden Carved Fruit Basket and Pedestal Approximately 30 Metres North of Statue of Wild Boar - 0.41 km
• The Dairies (Western House and Coach-house) - 0.41 km
• The Boar Garden Urn and Pedestal Approximately 30 Metres South East of Statue of Wild Boar - 0.44 km
• The Boar Garden Castle Howard Vase and Pedestal Approximately 30 Metres North West of Statue of Wild Boar - 0.44 km
• The Boar Garden Vase and Pedestal Approximately 30 Metres South West of Statue of Wild Boar - 0.46 km
• Vase and Pedestal Approximately 100 Metres North East of Atlas Fountain - 0.47 km
• Plant Container Approximately 90 Metres North of Atlas Fountain - 0.47 km
• Plant Container Approximately 90 Metres North North West of Atlas Fountain - 0.48 km
• Kylix and Pedestal Approximately 65 Metres North East of Atlas Fountain - 0.5 km
• Kylix and Pedestal Approximately 60 Metres North West of Atlas Fountain - 0.51 km
• Vase and Pedestal Approximately 60 Metres East North East of Atlas Fountain - 0.52 km
• Vase and Pedestal Approximately 30 Metres East of Atlas Fountain - 0.54 km

…and 44 more listed structures in the area.

Henderskelfe Today

Today Henderskelfe lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 37 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 Henderskelfe on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Coneysthorpe - 1.0 km N
• Welburn - 2.0 km S
• Easthorpe House - 2.2 km NE
• Hildenley Hall - 3.0 km E
• Ganthorpe - 3.0 km W
• Low Mowthorpe Farm - 3.2 km W