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

Other Settlements in Warter

The Meaning of the Name

The name Heslington 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 Heslington.

Listed Buildings Near Heslington

Historic England records 38 listed buildings within about a mile of Heslington. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

Heslington Hall - 0.11 km
The Little Hall - 0.28 km

Grade II

Derwent College, University of York - 0.03 km
Balustrade Approximately 2 Metres to North of Heslington Hall - 0.1 km
Dryad sculpture, University of York - 0.1 km
Railings, Gates and Piers to Heslington Hall Approximately 30 Metres to North of House - 0.11 km
Gazebo, Heslington Hall Approximately 45 Metres South West of House - 0.14 km
Orangery, Heslington Hall Approximately 50 Metres to South West of House - 0.15 km
Gate Piers and Gates to Walled Garden, and Walls Adjoining Approximately 40 Metres to South of Heslington Hall - 0.16 km
Former Langwith College, University of York - 0.16 km
5, Main Street - 0.18 km
The Old Porch, Heslington Hall Approximately 60 Metres to South of House - 0.18 km
Heslington Anglican and Methodist Church - 0.21 km
Font, Approximately 2 1/2 Metres to North of Chancel of Heslington Church - 0.24 km
Tolley House - 0.25 km
Old School House - 0.26 km
The Lodge - 0.27 km
Coachhouse to the Little Hall - 0.28 km
More House - 0.28 km
Village School - 0.28 km
15 and 16, Main Street - 0.29 km
Covered walkway linking the former Langwith College to Central Hall and Vanbrugh College, University of York - 0.29 km
18, Main Street - 0.31 km
Village Farm - 0.32 km

…and 14 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Heslington

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 3 lie within roughly a mile of Heslington:

Heslington Today

Today Heslington lies within the administrative area of City of York, and the settlement recorded a population of 6,219 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 Heslington on Wikipedia .